Jeffers Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Jeffers Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Olympus, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|47|46|41|N|123|40|31|W|type:glacierGoogle Earth images.]
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Jeffers Glacier is a glacier located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. The body of ice, relatively small compared to the nearby Blue Glacier, is located southeast of Mount Olympus. Beginning at foot of a very steep headwall at about Convert|5800|ft|m|lk=on|-2, the glacier flows and descends northeast to about Convert|4900|ft|m|abbr=on|-2 before terminating.Cite web|title=USGS Mount Olympus (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.77811&lon=-123.67524&size=l&u=4&datum=nad83&layer=DRG|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-07-05] There is an arm of the glacier which extends southward on a flat area at about Convert|5150|ft|m|abbr=on|-2 in elevation. This extension of ice terminates in a lake.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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