Inter Glacier
46°52′35″N 121°43′37″W / 46.87639°N 121.72694°W / 46.87639; -121.72694[1]Area 0.3 mile2 (0.8 km2), 1983[2] Mount Rainier See also
The Inter Glacier or Interglacier is a small glacier on the northeast face of Mount Rainier in Washington. The body of ice has a volume of 0.6 billion feet3 (17 million m3) and covers an area of 0.3 mile2 (0.8 km2).[2] The glacier lies on top of a wedge called the Steamboat Prow in between the Emmons Glacier to the south and the Winthrop Glacier to the north. The glacier starts below the Steamboat Prow at about 9,400 feet (2,900 m) and flows northeast down to its moraine at 7,000 feet (2,100 m).[3] The gentle topography under the glacier results in a smooth glacial surface with little in the way of crevasses.[1] A small subsidiary peak of Rainier, named Mount Ruth, lies adjacent to the glacier.[3] Meltwater from the glacier drains into the White River.[2]
See also
- List of glaciers
References
- ^ a b Google Earth images.
- ^ a b c "DESCRIPTION:Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods". USGS. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
- ^ a b "USGS Sunrise (WA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
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Glaciers of Mount Rainier
- Carbon Glacier
- Cowlitz Glacier
- Edmunds Glacier
- Emmons Glacier
- Flett Glacier
- Fryingpan Glacier
- Ingraham Glacier
- Inter Glacier
- Kautz Glacier
- Liberty Cap Glacier
- Nisqually Glacier
- North Mowich Glacier
- Ohanapecosh Glacier
- Paradise Glacier
- Puyallup Glacier
- Pyramid Glacier
- Russell Glacier
- South Mowich Glacier
- South Tahoma Glacier
- Success Glacier
- Tahoma Glacier
- Van Trump Glacier
- Whitman Glacier
- Wilson Glacier
- Williwakas Glacier
- Winthrop Glacier
- Glaciers of Mount Adams
- Glaciers of Mount Baker
- Glaciers of Glacier Peak
- Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains
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