Maclure Glacier

Maclure Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Maclure, Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Area .08 mi² (0.2 km²)
Length 0.3 mi (0.5 km)
Terminus Talus
Status Retreating

Maclure Glacier (also McClure Glacier)[1] is a glacier located on Mount Maclure in the Sierra Nevada crest of Yosemite National Park in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Like most glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, the Maclure Glacier is a small cirque glacier that is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) long and covers an area of .08 mi² (0.2 km²). The mean elevation of the glacier is around 11,400 ft (3,500 m).[2][3] Both the Maclure Glacier and the Lyell Glacier, located nearby on Mount Lyell, have retreated since their first discovery.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maclure Glacier
  2. ^ "Maclure Glacier, USGS VOGELSANG PEAK (CA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.75278&lon=-119.27778&datum=nad27&u=6&layer=DRG&size=l&s=25. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
  3. ^ "Geological Survey Professional Paper 715—B Combined Ice and Water Balances of Maclure Glacier, California, South Cascade Glacier, Washington, and Wolverine and Gulkana Glaciers, Alaska, 1967 Hydrologic Year". USGS. 2006-03-28. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/pp/715-B/sec2.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-15. 
  4. ^ "Twenthieth Century Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, California". Hassan Basagic. May 14, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-09-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20060906204018/http://web.pdx.edu/~basagic/snglac.html. Retrieved 2007-01-11.