Eliot Glacier Explained

Eliot Glacier
Type:Mountain glacier
Location:Hood River County, Oregon, United States
Map:USA Oregon
Label Position:right
Map Size:225
Coordinates:45.3811°N -121.6803°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Area:405acres
Length:1.5miles
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 in 2004 but had retreated 680m (2,230feet) 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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Notes and References

  1. 1141737. Eliot Glacier. August 11, 2012.
  2. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Hood North, OR. August 11, 2012.
  3. Jackson. Keith. Andrew Fountain. Spatial and morphological change on Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA. Annals of Glaciology. 2007. 46. 222–226. August 11, 2012. 10.3189/172756407782871152. 202915291. free. October 19, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019135929/http://geopulse.org/kjack/downloads/jackson_fountain_annals.pdf. dead.