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There is also a Lyell Glacier, South Georgia
Lyell Glacier is a small, shrinking glacier in California's Sierra Nevada's Yosemite National Park. The glacier was discovered by John Muir and is the largest in Yosemite. It lies on the slopes of Mt. Lyell.[1] The glacier has retreated rapidly since the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid 1800s and sometime during the mid 20th Century, the glacier was split into two smaller glaciers occupying the high cirques of Mt. Lyell. Since 1883, the glacier area has retreated up to 70 percent.[2] Another glacier, the Maclure Glacier on nearby Mount Maclure, has also retreated significantly as well.
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