Coleman Glacier is located on
Mount Baker in the
North Cascades
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Between 1850 and 1950, Coleman Glacier retreated . During a cooler and wetter period from 1950 to 1979, the glacier advanced but between 1980 and 2006 retreated back .
Situated on the west slopes of Mount Baker, Coleman Glacier is bordered by the
Roosevelt Glacier to the north and the Heliotrope Ridge to the south.
Coleman Glacier was named for Edmund Thomas Coleman, who was part of the first mountaineering team to climb Mount Baker in 1868.
See also
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List of glaciers in the United States
Glaciers are located in ten states, with the vast majority in Alaska. The southernmost named glacier is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, California, Tulare County, east of the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of California.
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References
Glaciers of Mount Baker
Glaciers of Washington (state)
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