Dome Glacier (Canada)
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Dome Glacier is in
Snoqualmie National Forest Snoqualmie might refer to: People * Snoqualmie people, a Coast Salish people of Washington state :* Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe of Snoqualmie people Places * Snoqualmie Indian Reservation *Snoqualmie Valley, ancestral ho ...
in the U.S. state of
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and is on the north slopes of
Dome Peak Dome Peak is a high, massive, glacier, glaciated mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of Washington (U.S. state), Washington's North Cascades. The remote location of Dome Peak, combined with its height, make it a less common destination for Ca ...
. Dome Glacier flows generally west for a distance of approximately , maintaining a generally shallow gradient between at which point it descends in a large icefall to approximately . An
arête An arête ( ; ) is a narrow ridge of rock that separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequ ...
separates the glacier from Dana Glacier to the northwest and Chickamin Glacier to the east.


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. Apa ...


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Glaciers of the North Cascades Glaciers of Skagit County, Washington Glaciers of Washington (state) {{Washington-glacier-stub