Inter Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Inter Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|52|35|N|121|43|37|W|type:glacier [Google Earth images.]
area = 0.3 mile² (0.8 km²), 1983
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The Inter Glacier or Interglacier, is a small glacier on the northeast face of Mount Rainier in Washington. The body of ice has a volume of 0.6 billion feet³ (17 million m³) and covers an area of 0.3 mile² (0.8 km²).Cite 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= 2007-10-07|publisher=USGS] The glacier lies on top of a wedge called the Steamboat Prow in between the Emmons Glacier to the south and the Winthrop Glacier to the north. The glacier starts below the Steamboat Prow at about Convert|9400|ft|m|-2 and flows northeast down to its moraine at Convert|7000|ft|m|-2. The gentle topography under the glacier results in a smooth glacial surface with little in the way of crevasses. [Google Earth images.] A small subsidiary peak of Rainier, named Mount Ruth, lies adjacent to the glacier.Cite web|title=USGS Sunrise (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.87868&lon=-121.72087&datum=nad27&zoom=4|publisher=TopoQuest|accessdate=2008-05-17|abbr=on|abbr=on] Meltwater from the glacier drains into the White River.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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