Table Mountain Glacier

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Table Mountain Glacier
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Table Mountain Glacier
Type Cirque glacier
Coordinates 48°51′00″N121°42′26″W / 48.85000°N 121.70722°W / 48.85000; -121.70722 Coordinates: 48°51′00″N121°42′26″W / 48.85000°N 121.70722°W / 48.85000; -121.70722 [1]
Length 600 ft (180 m)
Terminus Barren rock/Proglacial lake
Status Retreating

Table Mountain Glacier is in Snoqualmie National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington, to the east of Table Mountain. [2] This small glacier is less than .50 mi (0.80 km) west of Artist Point and situated on the north slope of Table Mountain.

Snoqualmie National Forest

Snoqualmie National Forest is a United States National Forest in the State of Washington. It was established on 1 July 1908, when an area of 961,120 acres was split from the existing Washington National Forest. Its size was increased on 13 October 1933, when a part of Rainier National Forest was added. In 1974 Snoqualmie was administratively combined with Mount Baker National Forest to make Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. In descending order of land area, Snoqualmie National Forest lies in parts of King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Kittitas counties. There are local ranger district offices in North Bend and Skykomish. Its main base is in Everett, Washington. As of 30 September 2007, it had an area of 1,258,167 acres, representing about 49 percent of the combined forest's total acreage.

Washington (state) State of the United States of America

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which is often shortened to Washington.

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References

  1. "Table Mountain Glacier". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  2. Shuksan Arm, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved May 18, 2013.