Eliot Glacier

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Eliot Glacier
Eliot Glacier
Hood River County, Oregon, USA
Type Mountain glacier
Coordinates 45°22′52″N 121°40′49″W / 45.38111°N 121.68028°W / 45.38111; -121.68028Coordinates: 45°22′52″N 121°40′49″W / 45.38111°N 121.68028°W / 45.38111; -121.68028[1]
Area 405 acres (164 ha)
Length 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Terminus Talus
Status Retreating

Eliot Glacier is a glacier on the northeastern slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S state of Oregon.[2] Researchers have reported that Eliot Glacier covered an area of 395 acres (160 ha) in 2004 but had retreated 680 metres (2,230 ft) since 1901, though that decline was less than all but one other glacier on Mount Hood. The glacier's situation on a northeast slope, its higher altitude accumulation zone close to the summit of Mount Hood and its high level of talus debris may explain its slower retreat.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Eliot Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  2. ↑ TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Hood North, OR (Map). http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=45.38123&lon=-121.68035&datum=nad83&zoom=4. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Keith; Andrew Fountain (2007). "Spatial and morphological change on Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA" (pdf). Annals of Glaciology 46: 222–226. doi:10.3189/172756407782871152. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
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