Arapaho Glacier Explained

Arapaho Glacier
Type:Mountain glacier
Location:Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Map:USA Colorado
Label Position:right
Map Size:225
Coordinates:40.0233°N -105.6478°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Area:39acres[2]
Length:0.25miles long and 0.5miles wide
Thickness:15feet
Terminus:Talus/proglacial lake
Status:Retreating

Arapaho Glacier is an alpine glacier in a cirque immediately southeast of North Arapaho Peak, in Roosevelt National Forest in the U.S. state of Colorado.[3] The glacier is just east of the Continental Divide. Arapaho Glacier is the largest glacier in the state of Colorado and helps provide water for the city of Boulder, Colorado. The glacier has a negative glacier mass balance and lost over 52% of its surface area during the 20th Century.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. 178461. Arapaho Glacier. 2012-08-18.
  2. Web site: Arapaho Glacier. National Snow and Ice Data Center. 2017-10-02. (dead link 28 April 2018)
  3. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Monarch Lake, CO. 2012-08-18.