Knife Point Glacier
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| Knife Point Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Wyoming, United States |
| Coordinates | |
| Length | .9 mile (1.45 km) |
| Terminus | talus |
| Status | retreating |
Knife Point Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. Knife Point Glacier flows to the north and starts below the summit of Knife Point Mountain (13,001 ft/3,962 m).[1]
Along with other glaciers in the Wind River Range, Knife Point Glacier's rapid retreat since the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850 has exposed the remains of numerous specimens of the now believed to be extinct Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) and other related species.[2]
[edit] Cited references
- ^ USGS Fremont Peak South (WY) Topo Map. USGS Quad maps. Topozone. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Lockwood, Jeffrey A.; Craig D. Thompson, Larry D. Debrey, Charles M. Love, Richard A. Nunamaker, Robert E. Pfadt (February 1991). "Preserved Grasshopper Fauna of Knife Point Glacier, Fremont County, Wyoming, U.S.A.". Arctic and Alpine Research 23 (1): 108–114. doi:.
