Teton Glacier is a
mountain glacier located below the north face of
Grand Teton (peak ) in
Grand Teton National Park,
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
, United States. Its neighbors are
Mount Owen () to the west and
Teewinot Mountain to the north.
Teton Glacier is the largest of the twelve named glaciers in the park and one of 37
glaciers in Wyoming. In 1971, the glacier was about long and wide. Between 1967 and 2006, Teton Glacier lost about 14 to 20 percent of its surface area, a reduction from .
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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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Glaciers of Grand Teton National Park
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