Puyallup Glacier

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Puyallup Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates 46°50′59″N, 121°49′27″W
Area 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²), 1983[1]

The Puyallup Glacier is a glacier on the west flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²) and contains 10.2 billion ft³ (289 million m³) of ice.[1] Sharing the same source of ice as the northern South Mowich Glacier, the Puyallup Glacier begins as a branch off the ice stream that flow out of the Sunset Amphitheater.[2] From the split at around 8,500 feet (2,600 m), the glacier expands into a broad sheet of ice ranging from 8,400 feet (2,600 m) to 7,400 feet (2,300 m) in elevation. Leaving the large expanse of ice, the glacier flows down a small valley, it narrows significantly as it turns northwestward. From there on, the glacier is dirty and ends on steep, uneven terrain at about 6,000 ft (1,800 m).[2] The glacier gives rise to the Puyallup River.[1]

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