Conness Glacier

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Conness Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Conness
Coordinates 37°58′05″N, 119°19′09″WCoordinates: 37°58′05″N, 119°19′09″W
Terminus talus
Status retreating

The Conness Glacier is a glacier located on the steep northeast facing cirque east of the Sierra Nevada crest or Mount Conness.[1] The glacier is situated at about 11,500 feet (3,500 m)[2] and can be seen from Saddlebag Lake to the east. The glacier is the largest glacier in the Sierra north of Tioga Pass or Highway 120. In 2004, a study found that since 1900, Conness Glacier had lost half its surface area.[3]

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  1. ^ Conness Glacier, USGS TIOGA PASS (CA) Topo Map. USGS Quad maps. Topozone. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
  3. ^ Basagic, Hassan; Andrew G. Fountain. Glaciers and Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, California (pdf). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.


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