Conness Glacier

Conness Glacier
Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Mount Conness, Mono County, California, USA
Coordinates	37°58′05″N 119°19′09″W / 37.96806°N 119.31917°W / 37.96806; -119.31917Coordinates: 37°58′05″N 119°19′09″W / 37.96806°N 119.31917°W / 37.96806; -119.31917
Terminus	talus
Status	retreating

Map of the Mount Conness area

The Conness Glacier is a glacier located on the steep northeast cirque on Mount Conness, east of the Sierra Nevada crest.^[1] The glacier is situated at about 11,500 feet (3,500 m)^[2] and can be seen from Saddlebag Lake to the east. The glacier is the largest glacier in the Sierra Nevada north of Tioga Pass or Highway 120. In 2004, a study found that since 1900, Conness Glacier had lost half its surface area.^[3]

See also

• List of glaciers

References

1. ^ "Conness Glacier, USGS TIOGA PASS (CA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.97013&lon=-119.31688&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
2. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
3. ^ Basagic, Hassan; Andrew G. Fountain. "Glaciers and Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, California" (pdf). U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/mtnclim/talks/pdf/basagic_fountain_poster_mtnclim2006.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-23.