Queets Glacier | |
Type: | Mountain glacier |
Location: | Mount Queets, Olympic National Park, Jefferson County, Washington, USA |
Map: | USA Washington |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 47.7672°N -123.6008°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Length: | 0.6miles |
Terminus: | Icefall |
Status: | Retreating |
Queets Glacier is located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington.[2] The glacier lies on the northwest side of Mount Queets at an elevation of about, the glacier descends northwest, bounded by two arêtes on either side.[1] [2] The ice reaches as low as 5000feet before terminating and giving rise to the headwaters of the Queets River.