List of glaciers in the United States

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Exit Glacier, Alaska

This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, east of the Central Valley of California.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Glaciers of Alaska[]

The Homer Spit is believed to be the remains of a glacial moraine.
Further information: List of glaciers in Denali National Park and Preserve

There are approximately 664 named glaciers in Alaska according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).[1]

Gulkana glacier in the Alaska Range
  • Gulkana Glacier - south flank of the eastern Alaska Range
  • Guyot Glacier
  • Harding Icefield - Kenai Peninsula
  • Harvard Glacier - Prince William Sound
  • Hawkins Glacier
  • - Juneau Icefield
  • Herron Glacier - Alaska Range
  • Holgate Glacier - Kenai Fjords National Park
  • - Glacier Bay
  • Hubbard Glacier - Disenchantment Bay
  • - Glacier Bay
  • - Glacier Bay
Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Matanuska Glacier and peaks of the Chugach Mountains
  • Matanuska Glacier
  • - Glacier Bay
  • - Brooks Range, Romanzoff Mountains
  • McCarty Glacier - Kenai Peninsula/Harding Icefield
  • Meares Glacier - Prince William Sound
Mendenhall Glacier and the Coast Mountains, Juneau, Alaska
Ocean liner and Taku Glacier in art for Canadian Pacific

Glaciers of the Pacific Coast Ranges[]

The Pacific Coast Ranges include glaciers in the three states on the Pacific Coast.

Washington[]

Boulder Glacier, Mount Baker

There are approximately 186 named glaciers in Washington according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).[3] However, the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens eliminated nine of its eleven named glaciers and only the new glacier known as Crater Glacier has been reestablished since.

Olympic Mountains
Mount Olympus
Other peaks in the Olympic Mountains
North Cascades (non-volcanoes)
Company Glacier
  • Banded Glacier - Mount Logan
  • Blue Glacier (Chelan County, Washington) - Agnes Mountain
  • Borealis Glacier
  • Boston Glacier - Boston Peak
  • Buckner Glacier
  • Butterfly Glacier
  • Cache Col Glacier
  • Challenger Glacier - Mount Challenger
  • Chickamin Glacier - Dome Peak
  • Clark Glacier (Washington)
  • Colchuck Glacier
  • Colonial Glacier
  • Columbia Glacier - Columbia Peak
  • Company Glacier
  • Crystal Glacier - Mount Shuksan
  • Dana Glacier (Washington)
  • Daniel Glacier - Mount Daniel
  • Dark Glacier
  • Davenport Glacier
  • Depot Glacier - Mount Redoubt
  • Diobsud Creek Glacier
  • Dome Glacier
  • Douglas Glacier (Washington)
  • East Nooksack Glacier - Mount Shuksan
  • Eldorado Glacier - Eldorado Peak
  • Entiat Glacier
  • Forbidden Glacier
  • Foss Glacier - Mount Hinman
  • Fremont Glacier (Washington)
  • Garden Glacier
  • Goode Glacier
  • Grant Glacier (Washington)
  • Green Lake Glacier
  • Hanging Glacier (Jefferson County, Washington)
  • Hanging Glacier (Mount Shuksan) - Mount Shuksan
  • Hidden Creek Glacier - Hagan Mountain
  • Hinman Glacier - Mount Hinman
  • Ice Cliff Glacier
  • Inspiration Glacier - Eldorado Peak
  • Isella Glacier
  • Jerry Glacier
  • Katsuk Glacier
  • Kimtah Glacier
  • Klawatti Glacier
  • Ladder Creek Glacier
  • Lewis Glacier (Washington)
  • Lower Curtis Glacier
  • Lyall Glacier
  • Lyman Glacier (North Cascades)
  • Lynch Glacier - Mount Daniel
  • Mary Green Glacier
  • McAllister Glacier
  • Mesahchie Glacier
  • Middle Cascade Glacier
  • Neve Glacier - Snowfield Peak
  • Nohokomeen Glacier
  • Noisy Creek Glacier
  • North Klawatti Glacier
  • Overcoat Glacier
  • Pilz Glacier
  • Price Glacier (Mount Shuksan) - Mount Shuksan
  • Queest-alb Glacier or (Three Fingers Glacier)
  • Quien Sabe Glacier
  • Redoubt Glacier - Mount Redoubt
  • Richardson Glacier (Washington)
  • S Glacier
  • Sahale Glacier
  • Sandalee Glacier
  • Sherpa Glacier
  • Silver Glacier
  • Snow Creek Glacier
  • So-Bahli-Alhi Glacier
  • South Cascade Glacier
  • Spider Glacier (Phelps Ridge, Washington)
  • Spider Glacier (Spider Mountain, Washington)
  • Spire Glacier
  • Stuart Glacier
  • Sulphide Glacier - Mount Shuksan
  • Table Mountain Glacier
  • Terror Glacier (Washington)
  • Thunder Glacier (Skagit County, Washington)
  • Upper Curtis Glacier - Mount Shuksan
  • Watson Glacier
  • West Depot Glacier - Mount Redoubt
  • West Nooksack Glacier
  • Whatcom Glacier
  • White Salmon Glacier (Mount Shuksan) - Mount Shuksan
  • Wyeth Glacier
  • Yawning Glacier
Mount Baker
  • Bastile Glacier
  • Boulder Glacier
  • Coleman Glacier
  • Deming Glacier (Washington)
  • Easton Glacier
  • Hadley Glacier
  • Mazama Glacier
  • No Name Glacier
  • Park Glacier
  • Rainbow Glacier (Washington)
  • Roosevelt Glacier
  • Sholes Glacier
  • Squak Glacier
  • Talum Glaciers
  • Thunder Glacier (Mount Baker)
Glacier Peak
Mount Rainier
Sarvent Glacier, Cowlitz Chimneys.
  • Carbon Glacier
  • Cowlitz Glacier
  • Edmunds Glacier
  • Emmons Glacier
  • Flett Glacier
  • Fryingpan Glacier - Little Tahoma
  • Ingraham Glacier
  • Inter Glacier
  • Kautz Glacier
  • Liberty Cap Glacier
  • Nisqually Glacier
  • North Mowich Glacier
  • Ohanapecosh Glacier - Little Tahoma
  • Paradise Glacier
  • Pinnacle Glacier (Lewis County, Washington)
  • Puyallup Glacier
  • Pyramid Glacier
  • Russell Glacier
  • Sarvant Glacier — Cowlitz Chimneys
  • South Mowich Glacier
  • South Tahoma Glacier
  • Success Glacier
  • Tahoma Glacier
  • Unicorn Glacier (Extinct)
  • Van Trump Glacier
  • Wilson Glacier
  • Whitman Glacier - Little Tahoma
  • Williwakas Glacier
  • Winthrop Glacier
Goat Rocks
  • Conrad Glacier
  • McCall Glacier
  • Meade Glacier
  • Packwood Glacier
Mount Adams
  • Adams Glacier
  • Avalanche Glacier
  • Crescent Glacier
  • Gotchen Glacier
  • Klickitat Glacier
  • Lava Glacier
  • Lyman Glacier
  • Mazama Glacier
  • Pinnacle Glacier
  • Rusk Glacier
  • Wilson Glacier
  • White Salmon Glacier
Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens once had eleven named glaciers, but the 1980 eruption of the volcano eliminated nine glaciers and the two remaining aren't recognized. One newly formed glacier now resides in the caldera of the volcano.

  • Crater Glacier
  • Shoestring Glacier

Oregon[]

There are 35 named glaciers in Oregon according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).[4]

Wallowa Mountains
Mount Hood[5]
Main article: List of Mount Hood glaciers
  • Coe Glacier
  • Coalman Glacier
  • Eliot Glacier
  • Glisan Glacier
  • Ladd Glacier
  • Langille Glacier
  • Newton Clark Glacier
  • Palmer Glacier
  • Reid Glacier
  • Sandy Glacier
  • White River Glacier
  • Zigzag Glacier
Mount Jefferson
Three Sisters Region
Other Cascade Peaks

California[]

There are 20 named glaciers in California according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).[6]

Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta is a volcano with seven named glaciers in the northern region of California.

  • Bolam Glacier
  • Hotlum Glacier
  • Konwakiton Glacier
  • Mud Creek Glacier
  • Watkins Glacier
  • Whitney Glacier
  • Wintun Glacier
Sierra Nevada
  • Conness Glacier - Mount Conness
  • Dana Glacier - Mount Dana
  • Darwin Glacier - Mount Darwin
  • Goethe Glacier - Mount Goethe
  • Lilliput Glacier - Mount Stewart - southernmost glacier in the United States
  • Lyell Glacier - Mount Lyell
  • Maclure Glacier - Mount Maclure
  • Matthes Glaciers
  • Mendel Glacier - Mount Mendel
  • Middle Palisade Glacier - Middle Palisade
  • Mount Fiske Glacier - Mount Fiske
  • Mount Warlow Glacier - Mount Warlow
  • Norman Clyde Glacier - Norman Clyde Peak
  • Palisade Glacier - North Palisade
  • Powell Glacier - Mount Powell

Glaciers of Nevada (in the Basin and Range Province)[]

Wheeler Peak Glacier in Nevada

Basin and Range Province lies east of the Coast Ranges and west of the Rockies. There are no active glaciers in the Basin and Range Province and Wheeler Peak Glacier is considered by some to be a rock glacier.

Glaciers of the Rocky Mountains[]

Colorado[]

Andrews Glacier in Colorado

According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), there are sixteen named glaciers in Colorado.[7] According to early mountain explorers and scientists, Colorado once had over eighteen glaciers before 1880.

  • Andrews Glacier - Andrews Pass
  • Arapaho Glacier - between North Arapaho and South Arapaho Peaks
  • Arikaree Glacier - Between Arikaree Peak and Navajo Peak
  • - two extinct glaciers (N.& S. glacier) on Mt. Blanca. These glaciers were located at 37° 35N., longitude 105° 28W. at 12,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range.
  • Fair Glacier - Apache Peak
  • Isabelle Glacier - Shoshone Peak
  • Mills Glacier - Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Moomaw Glacier
  • Navajo Glacier - North slope of Navajo Peak
  • Peck Glacier
  • Rowe Glacier
  • Saint Mary's Glacier
  • Saint Vrain Glaciers
  • Sprague Glacier
  • Taylor Glacier
  • The Dove - north of Longs Peak
  • Tyndall Glacier

See also Glaciers of Colorado See also [1]

Montana[]

Grinnell Glacier with proglacial lake and The Salamander Glacier on high ledge
Further information: List of glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)

According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), there are 60 named glaciers in Montana.[8]

Utah[]

There are no visible glaciers in Utah. Timpanogos Glacier article is documentation of a buried glacier.

  • Timpanogos Glacier - Wasatch Range

Wyoming[]

Gannett Glacier is the largest glacier in the American Rockies and is located in the remote Wind River Range, Wyoming.
Main article: List of glaciers in Wyoming

According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), there are 37 named glaciers in Wyoming.[9]

Hikers head towards Schoolroom Glacier at right while the terminal moraine and proglacial lake can be seen at left

See also[]

  • List of glaciers
  • List of Mount Hood glaciers
  • List of glaciers in Wyoming

Notes[]

^A Reported in 2020 to have disappeared.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alaska State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  2. ^ Murkowski, Lisa (October 18, 2010). "Ted Stevens Mountain, Ice Field Signed Into Law". U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski press release. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski press release. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Washington State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Oregon State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  5. ^ "Glaciers at Mount Hood, Oregon". Volcano Hazards Program. United States Geological Survey. September 28, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  6. ^ "California State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  7. ^ "Colorado State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  8. ^ "Montana State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  9. ^ "Wyoming State Glaciers Feature Query Results". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  10. ^ "Lathrop Glacier is Gone". Oregon Glacier Institute. Retrieved December 28, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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