Queets Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Queets Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Queets, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|47|46|04|N|123|36|06|W|type:glacierGoogle Earth images.]
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Queets Glacier is a glacier located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. The body of ice lies on the northwest side of Mount Queets.Cite web|work=USGS Quad maps|title=Queets Glacier, USGS Mount Queets (WA) Topo Map|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.76787&lon=-123.60157&datum=nad83&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=50|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-07-05] Starting at an elevation of about Convert|6400|ft|m|-2|lk=on, the glacier descends northwest, bounded by two arêtes on either side. The ice reaches as low as Convert|5100|ft|m|abbr=on|-2 before terminating and giving rise to the Queets River. There are several bodies of ice and snow located nearby the glacier.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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