White Salmon Glacier

White Salmon Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = White Salmon Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Adams, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|12|0|N|121|30|10|W|type:glacier
area =
length =
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The White Salmon Glacier is a glacier located on Mount Adams in Washington. The glacier starts southwest of the summit crater at an elevation of Convert|11600|ft|m|-2|lk=on. Ice flows southwest downhill until the glacier's terminus at about Convert|9600|ft|m|-2|abbr=on elevation.cite web|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.20025&lon=-121.50289&datum=nad27&zoom=4&
] The glacier also contributes ice to the much larger Avalanche Glacier at an elevation of Convert|10200|ft|m|-2|abbr=on.

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