| Mud Creek Glacier | |
|---|---|
  Mud Creek Glacier Location in California  Mud Creek Glacier Mud Creek Glacier (the United States) | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°23′16″N 122°11′29″W / 41.38778°N 122.19139°W[1] |
| Terminus | talus |
| Status | retreating |
The Mud Creek Glacier is the southernmost glacier on Mount Shasta in the U.S. state of California. It lies to the east of Sargents Ridge on Shastarama point near 10,915 feet (3,327 m) above sea level.[1][2] The glacier is smaller than the northern ones on Mount Shasta such as Whitney, Hotlum, Bolam, and Wintun Glaciers.[3] There are approximately 80 glaciers in California and unlike the glaciers in Alaska, Colorado and Montana.[4] California’s existing current glaciers are not remnants of the Pleistocene, but instead relatively young approximately 1,000 years in age. The Mud Creek Glacier is one of at least 7 recognized glaciers on Mt. Shasta by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) the rest being: Whitney, Hotlum, Bolam, Wintun, Konwakiton, and Watkins.[4]
- ^ a b "Mud Creek Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ "Mud Creek Glacier, USGS MOUNT SHASTA (CA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
- ^ "Existing Glaciers". College of the Siskiyous. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b Bliss, Frances (n.d.). "Glaciers of Mount Shasta" (PDF). Retrieved April 29, 2018.