Liberty Cap Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Liberty Cap Glacier

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caption = Multi-lobed Liberty Cap Glacier terminates in ice cliffs (2005)
type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|51|57|N|121|46|54|W|type:glacierGoogle Earth images.]
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The Liberty Cap Glacier is a small glacier located near the summit of Mount Rainier, Washington. True to its name, the glacier does start at the Convert|14100|ft|m|-2 Liberty Cap above the steep and rocky Sunset Amphitheater and the Mowich Face.cite web|title=USGS Mount Rainier West (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=46.86914&lon=-121.7811&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG25|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-07-05] Since the topography of Mount Rainier is very jagged and uneven, the glacier is warped and twisted during its descent northward down to its terminus at about Convert|11000|ft|m|-2. From there, the glacier ice falls off the cliff and tumbles down the steep Mowich Face; eventually, this ice contributes to the large North Mowich Glacier at an elevation of Convert|10100|ft|m|-2|abbr=on.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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