Silver Glacier | |
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Type | Cirque glacier |
Location | Whatcom County, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 48°58′10″N 121°14′25″W / 48.96944°N 121.24028°W[1] |
Length | .45 mi (0.72 km) |
Terminus | Icefall |
Status | Retreating |
Silver Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington and descends to the northwest from near the summit of Mount Spickard.[2] Silver Glacier descends from 8,700 to 7,200 ft (2,700 to 2,200 m), and Silver Lake lies .50 mi (0.80 km) below the current terminus of the glacier.[2] In 1993, Silver Glacier had an area of .49 km2.[3] The National Park Service is currently studying Silver Glacier as part of their glacier monitoring project.[3] Between 1993 (when monitoring began) and 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness.[4]