Wilson Glacier (Mount Adams)

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Wilson Glacier
Map showing the location of Wilson Glacier
Map showing the location of Wilson Glacier
Wilson Glacier
TypeMountain glacier
Coordinates46°12′45″N 121°28′00″W / 46.21250°N 121.46667°W / 46.21250; -121.46667Coordinates: 46°12′45″N 121°28′00″W / 46.21250°N 121.46667°W / 46.21250; -121.46667[1]
Area1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi) in 2006[2]
Length.85 mi (1.37 km)
TerminusTalus
StatusRetreating

Wilson Glacier is located on the east slopes of Mount Adams a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is within the Yakama Indian Reservation.[3] The glacier descends from approximately 10,600 ft (3,200 m) to a terminus near 7,400 ft (2,300 m).[3] Wilson Glacier has been in a general state of retreat for over 100 years and lost 14 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006.[2]

Following his survey of Adams' glaciers, Harry Fielding Reid gave the glacier the name Little Muddy Glacier in his publication in the 1906 Annals of Glaciology.[4] In an earlier publication in the Mazamas club journal he had left it unnamed.[5] The present name of Wilson Glacier was given by Claude Ewing Rusk to honor President Woodrow Wilson for being the president during World War I. He also named the ridge that splits the glacier in half Roosevelt Cliff to honor his conservation hero and former President, Theodore Roosevelt.[6] This name was later moved to the cliffs above the Rusk and Wilson Glaciers.

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  1. ^ "Pinnacle Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. ^ a b Sitts, Danielle; Andrew G. Fountain; Matthew J. Hoffman (2010). "Twentieth Century Glacier Change on Mount Adams, Washington, USA" (pdf). Northwest Science. Northwest Scientific Association. 84 (4): 378–385. doi:10.3955/046.084.0407. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. ^ a b Mount Adams East, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  4. ^ Reid, Harry Fielding (July 1906). "Studies of the Glaciers of Mount Hood and Mount Adams". Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde, für Eiszeitforschung und Geschicte des Klimas. Annales de Glaciologie. Annals of Glaciology. Annali di Glaciologia. Berlin, Germany: Verlag von Gebrüder Bokntraeger. 1 (2): 113–131. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Reid, Harry Fielding (December 1905). "The Glaciers of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams". Mazama. Portland, OR: Mazamas. 2 (4): 194–200. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  6. ^ Rusk, Claude Ewing (1978) [1924]. Tales of a Western Mountaineer (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-916890-62-7. LCCN 78054427. OCLC 4667368. OL 11004497M. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
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