Carrie Glacier

Carrie Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Carrie/Mount Fairchild, Olympic National Park, Clallam County, Washington, USA
Coordinates [1]

Carrie Glacier is a glacier located on Mount Carrie and Mount Fairchild in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park. The body of ice is lies on the northern slopes of Mount Carrie. Starting at an elevation of about 6,800 feet (2,100 m), the glacier descends northward, but the ice soon reaches a cliff.[2] Part of the Carrie Glacier plunges over the steep rockwall, contributing ice to an adjacent glacier, while the other section flows north-northeast, avoiding the precipitous drop.[1] This segment of ice is confined by an arête to the west and Mount Fairchild to the east in a chute.[1] The glacier reaches as low as 5,000 ft (1,500 m) before terminating.[2] There are several other patches of snow and glaciers located nearby, such as the Fairchild Glacier.[1][2]

Mount Carrie and Carrie Glacier were named by surveyor Theodore Rixon for his fiancée Caroline Jones whom he met on a trail in Soleduck Valley.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Google Earth images.
  2. ^ a b c "USGS Mount Carrie (WA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest.com. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.89856&lon=-123.64267&size=l&u=4&datum=nad83&layer=DRG. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
  3. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ. 
Mount Olympus
Mount Anderson
Other mountains
See also
Glaciers of Mount Adams · Glaciers of Mount Baker · Glaciers of Mount Rainier · Glaciers of Mount St. Helens · Glaciers of other Washington mountains