Spire 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
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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and is on the west slopes of
Spire Point. Spire Glacier flows generally northwest for a distance of 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 east. Spire Glacier descends from nearly .
See also
*
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 ...
References
Glaciers of the North Cascades
Glaciers of Skagit County, Washington
Glaciers of Washington (state)
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