Mammoth Glacier

Mammoth Glacier
Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Sublette County, Wyoming, USA
Coordinates	43°10′05″N 109°39′59″W / 43.16806°N 109.66639°W / 43.16806; -109.66639Coordinates: 43°10′05″N 109°39′59″W / 43.16806°N 109.66639°W / 43.16806; -109.66639[1]
Length	1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Terminus	talus
Status	retreating

Mammoth Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the west side of the Continental Divide. Mammoth Glacier is the largest glacier on the west side of the Continental Divide of the Wind River Range and occupies a large, north facing cirque, just west of Mount Woodrow Wilson.^[2] Mammoth Glacier is in the Bridger Wilderness and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier flows northwest.

Cited references

1. ^ "Mammoth Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1601237. Retrieved 2010-09-05. 
2. ^ "USGS Gannett Peak (WY) Topo Map" (Map). USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=43.1657&lon=-109.66189&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States