Fryingpan Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Fryingpan Glacier


caption = Fryingpan Glacier and Little Tahoma Peak in 2007
type = Mountain glacier
location = Little Tahoma, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|51|14|N|121|41|14|W|type:glacier [Google Earth images.]
area = convert|1.3|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 Fryingpan Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on the eastern face of the Convert|11138|ft|m|0 Little Tahoma Peak just to the east of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers an area of 1.3 mi² (3.4 km²) and contains 2.9 billion ft³ (82 million m³) of ice. The glacier is located on top of a cliff from the Emmons Glacier to the north and a small ridge separates this glacier from the Whitman Glacier to the south, except for a small snowfield in which these two glaciers are connected. Most of the ice is located on a broad plateau at an elevation of Convert|8000|ft|m|-2 to Convert|8600|ft|m|-2. The head of the Fryingpan Glacier is located to the northeast of the ridge and at the foothill of Little Tahoma Peak at around Convert|9100|ft|m|-2 to Convert|9800|ft|m|-2. The glacier flows downhill eastward and the uneven topography causes the glacier surface to be crevassed. [Google Earth images.] The glacier ends on shallow to steep slopes at about Convert|7100|ft|m|-2 to Convert|7500|ft|m|-2|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on. Numerous snowfields and alpine meadows are located near the bottom and east of the glacier.Cite web|title=USGS Mount Rainier East (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=46.85025&lon=-121.68684&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG|accessdate=2008-07-05] Meltwater from the glacier drains into the White River.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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