Ice River Glacier

Ice River Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Ice River Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = North of Mount Olympus, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|47|49|26|N|123|40|06|W|type:glacierGoogle Earth images.]
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Ice River Glacier is a glacier located near Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park. Starting at an elevation of Convert|6400|ft|m|-2|lk=on on the northern slope of a Convert|6950|ft|m|0|abbr=on peak, the glacier flows northwest as the ice descends.Cite web|title=Ice River Glacier, USGS Mount Olympus (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.82509&lon=-123.6713&datum=nad83&u=6&layer=DRG&size=m&s=50|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-07-05] The glacier reaches as low as Convert|5200|ft|m|-2|abbr=on before terminating. Though the glacier lies adjacent to the much larger Blue Glacier, an arête separates the two glaciers.

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