Teepe Glacier

Teepe Glacier
Map showing the location of Teepe Glacier
Teepe Glacier

Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, USA

Type Mountain glacier
Coordinates 43°44′09″N 110°47′53″W / 43.73583°N 110.79806°W / 43.73583; -110.79806Coordinates: 43°44′09″N 110°47′53″W / 43.73583°N 110.79806°W / 43.73583; -110.79806[1]
Area 5.4 acres (2.2 ha)
Length .20 mi (0.32 km)
Terminus Moraine
Status Retreating

Teepe Glacier is below the northeast face of Teepe Pillar in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. The glacier is immediately southeast of Grand Teton in the heart of the Cathedral Group collection of high peaks in the Teton Range.[2] Between 1967 and 2006, Teepe Glacier lost approximately 60 percent of its surface area, shrinking from 13 to 5 acres (5.3 to 2.0 ha).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Teepe Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  2. ↑ Grand Teton, WY (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  3. ↑ Edmunds, Jake; et al. (February 2012). "Glacier Variability (1967-2006) in the Teton Range, Wyoming, United States". Journal of the American Water Resources Association 48 (1): 187–196. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00607.x. Retrieved 2013-02-15.

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