Lyman Glacier (Mount Adams)
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Lyman Glacier is located on the north slopes of Mount Adams a
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. The glacier is also within the
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and descends from near the summit of Mount Adams at approximately to a terminus near . Below the glacier splits into three distinct lobes. Lyman Glacier has been in a general state of retreat for over 100 years and lost 34 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006. Lyman Glacier was named after William Denison Lyman by Claude Ewing Rusk because Lyman was one of the first to describe some of Mount Adams' features and history.


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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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