Silver Glacier Explained

Silver Glacier
Type:	Cirque glacier
Location:	Whatcom County, Washington, U.S.
Map:	USA Washington
Label Position:	right
Map Size:	225
Coordinates:	48.9694°N -121.2403°W
Coordinates Ref:	^[1]
Length:	0.45miles
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 8700feetto7200feetft (toft), and Silver Lake lies 0.5miles below the current terminus of the glacier.^[2] In 1993, Silver Glacier had an area of .49 km². 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]

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States

Notes and References

1. 1526357. Mount Spickard. May 10, 2013.
2. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Spickard, WA. May 10, 2013.
3. Web site: Glaciers Selected for Monitoring. Glacier Monitoring Program. National Park Service. May 10, 2013.
4. Web site: Riedel . Jon . Larrabee . Michael . North Cascades National Park Complex Glacier Monitoring Annual Report, Water Year 2013 . National Park Service.