Queets Glacier

Queets Glacier
Queets Glacier
	Queets Glacier on Mount Queets
	Queets Glacier
Type	Mountain glacier
Coordinates	47°46′02″N 123°36′03″W / 47.76722°N 123.60083°WCoordinates: 47°46′02″N 123°36′03″W / 47.76722°N 123.60083°W
Length	.60 mi (0.97 km)
Terminus	Icefall
Status	Retreating

Queets Glacier is located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington.^[2] The glacier lies on the northwest side of Mount Queets at an elevation of about 5,564 feet (1,696 m), the glacier descends northwest, bounded by two arêtes on either side.^[1]^[2] The ice reaches as low as 5,000 ft (1,500 m) before terminating and giving rise to the headwaters of the Queets River.

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Queets Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Mount Queets, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-10-13.

[gnis-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Queets Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

[topo-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Mount Queets, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-10-13.

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hide v t Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains
Mount Olympus	Blue Glacier Hoh Glacier Hubert Glacier Humes Glacier Ice River Glacier Jeffers Glacier White Glacier
Mount Anderson	Anderson Glacier Eel Glacier Hanging Glacier
Other mountains	Cameron Glaciers Carrie Glacier Fairchild Glacier Lillian Glacier Queets Glacier
See also	Glaciers of Mount Adams Glaciers of Mount Baker Glaciers of Mount Rainier Glaciers of Mount St. Helens Glaciers of other Washington mountains

Queets Glacier

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