Edmunds Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Edmunds Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|52|07|N|121|48|34|W|type:glacier
area = convert|0.5|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 Edmunds Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on Mount Rainier in Washington. The body of ice covers 0.5 mile² (1.29 km²) and has a volume of 1.1 billion feet³ (31.1 million m³). The glacier lies on the western flank of the volcano below the steep, rocky Mowich Face and Sunset Face. Starting from an elevation of about Convert|9900|ft|m|-2, the glacier flows northwest down to Convert|7000|ft|m|-2 and ends northeast of the Jeanette Heights region of Mount Rainier.cite web|title=USGS Mount Rainier East (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.86784&lon=-121.81172&datum=nad27&zoom=4|publisher=TopoQuest|accessdate=2008-05-17|abbr=on|abbr=on] Meltwater from the Edmunds Glacier feeds the Mowich River which eventually merges with the Puyallup River.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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