Continental Glacier

Continental Glacier
Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Fremont / Sublette counties, Wyoming, USA
Coordinates	43°19′33″N 109°41′16″W / 43.32583°N 109.68778°W / 43.32583; -109.68778Coordinates: 43°19′33″N 109°41′16″W / 43.32583°N 109.68778°W / 43.32583; -109.68778[1]
Length	.5 miles (0.80 km)
Terminus	moraines
Status	retreating

Continental Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests, in the U.S. state of Wyoming and straddles the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range.^[2] Continental Glacier is in both the Bridger and Fitzpatrick Wildernesses, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier has split into two separate glaciers, with the smaller section on the west (Bridger/Sublette County) side of the Continental Divide and the larger section on the east (Fitzpatrick/Shoshone/Fremont County). Though not long, the glacier is almost 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and has very little altitude change along its course, lying at an average altitude of 12,500 feet (3,800 m).

Cited references

1. ^ "Continental Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1586939. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 
2. ^ "USGS Downs Mountain (WY) Topo Map" (Map). USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=43.32851&lon=-109.68868&s=100&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States