Olympic National Park: Natural Feature
Places and attractions in the Natural feature category
Blue Glacier
Blue Glacier is a large glacier located to the north of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. The glacier covers an area of 1.7 sq mi and contains 580,000,000 cu ft of ice and snow in spite of its low terminus elevation.
Queets Glacier
Queets Glacier is located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier lies on the northwest side of Mount Queets at an elevation of about 5,564 feet, the glacier descends northwest, bounded by two arêtes on either side.
Hoh Glacier
Hoh Glacier is a glacier on Mount Olympus in the Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of the U.S. state of Washington. It is the source of the Hoh River.
Fairchild Glacier
Fairchild Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Washington on Mount Fairchild and Mount Carrie in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park.
Carrie Glacier
Carrie Glacier is located on Mount Carrie and Mount Fairchild in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park. Starting at an elevation of about 6,800 feet, the glacier descends northward, but the ice soon reaches a cliff.
Jeffers Glacier
Jeffers Glacier is a glacier located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. The body of ice, relatively small compared to the nearby Hoh Glacier, is located southeast of Mount Olympus.
Humes Glacier
Humes Glacier is located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park, approximately 2.25 miles southeast of the summit of Mount Olympus. The glacier starts at nearly 6,000 ft and descends downslope 1.25 mi, terminating at 4,800 ft above sea level.
Ice River Glacier
Ice River Glacier is located 2.4 miles northeast of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington.
Cameron Glaciers
The Cameron Glaciers are several ice bodies located on Mount Cameron in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. These glaciers are located in four north to northeast-facing cirques and range in elevation from about 6,700 feet to just under 6,000 ft.
Hanging Glacier
Hanging Glacier is a located northeast of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park, U.S. state of Washington. The glacier starts north of a saddle between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about 5,700 feet. Like all the glaciers in Olympic National Park, Hanging Glacier is in a state of retreat.
Lillian Glacier
Lillian Glacier was located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. The remnants of the glacier are in a cirque below McCartney Peak.
Eel Glacier
Eel Glacier is located to the north of Mount Anderson and east of West Peak, in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. The northward-facing glacier starts at about 6,600 feet in elevation, with an arm extending up to 7,100 ft. As the glacier flows north, it descends in elevation to about 5,200 ft at its terminus.
Hubert Glacier
Hubert Glacier is located on the south side of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park. Due to its southern orientation, the glacier is smaller than those on the north side of Mount Olympus, such as Blue Glacier.
White Glacier
White Glacier is located on the north slopes of Mount Tom in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington.
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