Schoolroom Glacier
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| Schoolroom Glacier | |
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| Type | Mountain/Hanging glacier |
| Location | Wyoming, U.S. |
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| Terminus | Moraine/Talus slope |
| Status | Retreating |
Schoolroom Glacier is the small glacier located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[1] This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of 10,400 feet (3,170 m), approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the trailhead at Jenny Lake. The glacier has many of the classic textbook details of a glacier, namely, well defined terminal and lateral moraines, crevasses, a proglacial lake and related features which led to the naming schoolroom.
As is true for a vast majority of glaciers worldwide, Schoolroom Glacier has been in a state of retreat for many decades, and if current climatic conditions persist, the glacier is anticipated to disappear by the year 2030, if not sooner.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] Cited references
- ^ Topozone. Schoolroom Glacier, USGS Grand Teton (WY) Topo Map (Map). Topozone USGS Quads. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Petersen, Bryce. See Schoolroom, Petersen -- before they're gone. Standard-Examiner. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
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