❄️ White Salmon Glacier (Mount Adams)

United States · Americas · 46.20°N, 121.50°W

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White Salmon Glacier is located on Mount Adams in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier starts southwest of the summit crater at an elevation of 11,600 ft (3,500 m). Ice flows southwest downhill until the glacier's terminus at about 9,600 ft (2,900 m) elevation. The glacier also contributes ice to the much larger Avalanche Glacier at an elevation of 10,200 ft (3,100 m). White Salmon Glacier has decreased in surface area by 86 percent between 1904 and 2006.

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CountryUnited States
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)46.20°N, 121.50°W · view on map

White Salmon Glacier (Mount Adams) is located in United States, in Americas.

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