Jeffers Glacier

Jeffers Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Olympus, Olympic National Park, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
Coordinates [1]

Jeffers Glacier is a glacier located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. The body of ice, relatively small compared to the nearby Blue Glacier, is located southeast of Mount Olympus.[1] Beginning at foot of a very steep headwall at about 5,800 feet (1,800 m), the glacier flows and descends northeast to about 4,900 ft (1,500 m) before terminating.[2] There is an arm of the glacier which extends southward on a flat area at about 5,150 ft (1,600 m) in elevation.[2] This extension of ice terminates in a lake.[1]

The Jeffers Glacier is named for Olympia photographer Joseph Jeffers, who died after falling into a crevasse there in 1924.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Google Earth images.
  2. ^ a b "USGS Mount Olympus (WA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest.com. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.77811&lon=-123.67524&size=l&u=4&datum=nad83&layer=DRG. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
  3. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ. 
Mount Olympus
Blue Glacier · Hoh Glacier · Hubert Glacier · Humes Glacier · Jeffers Glacier · White Glacier
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See also
Glaciers of Mount Adams · Glaciers of Mount Baker · Glaciers of Mount Rainier · Glaciers of Mount St. Helens · Glaciers of other Washington mountains