Pyramid Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Pyramid Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|49|23|N|121|47|26|W|type:glacier [Google Earth images.]
area = convert|0.2|sqmi|km2|1, 1983Cite web|title= DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods|url=http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Glaciers/description_rainier_glaciers.html|accessdate= 2007-11-19|publisher=USGS]
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The Pyramid Glacier is actually a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the south-southwestern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers convert|0.2|sqmi|km2|1 and contains 400 million ft³ (11 million m³) of ice. The glaciers lie at an elevation ranging from about Convert|7000|ft|m|-2 to Convert|9000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on|abbr=on.Cite web|title=USGS Mount Rainier West (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.82219&lon=-121.78957&datum=nad27&zoom=4|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-05-17] The Success Divide separates this glacier from the South Tahoma Glacier to the west. Both the Success Glacier and lower end of the Kautz Glacier border this glacier on the eastern side. Meltwater from the glacier drains into the Nisqually River.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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