Edmunds Glacier

Edmunds Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Area 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), 1983[1]

The Edmunds Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on Mount Rainier in Washington. Named in 1883 for Vermont George F. Edmunds, who visited nearby Spray Park that year,[2] the body of ice covers 0.5 mile2 (1.29 km2) and has a volume of 1.1 billion feet3 (31.1 million m3).[1] The glacier lies on the western flank of the volcano below the steep, rocky Mowich Face and Sunset Face. Starting from an elevation of about 9,900 feet (3,000 m), the glacier flows northwest down to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) and ends northeast of the Jeanette Heights region of Mount Rainier.[3] Meltwater from the Edmunds Glacier feeds the Mowich River which eventually merges with the Puyallup River.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods". USGS. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Glaciers/description_rainier_glaciers.html. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
  2. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ. 
  3. ^ "USGS Mount Rainier East (WA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.86784&lon=-121.81172&datum=nad27&zoom=4. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
Mount Rainier
See also
Glaciers of Mount Adams · Glaciers of Mount Baker · Glaciers of Glacier Peak · Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains · Glaciers of other Washington mountains