Dana Glacier
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Dana Glacier | |
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Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Mount Dana, California, U.S. |
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Terminus | talus |
Status | retreating |
The Dana Glacier is located inside a northwest facing cirque located east of the 13,061 feet (3,981 m) Mount Dana on the eastern border of Yosemite National Park, California.[1] It is very close to Tioga Pass and Highway 120. The glacier occupies the very steep, shaded western slope of the cirque at around 11,500 to 11,800 feet (3,500–3,600 m), although a part of it reaches up to 12,500 feet (3,800 m) (Dana Couloir).[2] Repeat photography comparing images taken in 1883 with those from 2004 demonstrate that the glacier has retreated substantially in that period.[3]
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[edit] Cited references
- ^ Mount Dana, USGS MOUNT DANA (CA) Topo Map. USGS Quad maps. Topozone. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
- ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
- ^ Basagic, Hassan; Andrew G. Fountain. Documenting Twentieth Century Glacier Change with Repeat Photography in the Sierra Nevada, California (pdf). Department of Geography, Portland State University. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.