Middle Palisade Glacier
Middle Palisade Glacier consists of two glaciers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the U.S. state of California. Less than.25-mile southeast of Norman Clyde Glacier and situated at an altitude of 12,700 feet, Middle Palisade Glacier is in the John Muir Wilderness of Inyo National Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Middle Palisade and Disappointment Peak.
Middle Palisade
Peak
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Middle Palisade is a 14,018-foot peak in the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California. It is a fourteener, and lies on the Sierra Crest as part of the Palisades group, a group of prominent Sierra Nevada mountain summits that includes multiple other fourteeners, approximately 12 miles southwest of the town of Big Pine.
Disappointment Peak
Peak
Disappointment Peak is a 13,917-foot-elevation summit located on the shared boundary of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States.
Norman Clyde Peak
Peak
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Norman Clyde Peak, standing 13,970 feet tall, is in natural company among the high peaks of the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada in California. It raises on the main ridge of the Palisades', between Middle Palisade and Palisade Crest. Norman Clyde Glacier on its north face, and Middle Palisade Glacier on its east both feed the headwaters of the South Fork of Big Pine Creek.
Middle Palisade Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 12,762 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Middle Palisade Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Middle Palisade Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Big Pine and Fish Springs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Southfork Pass and The Thumb.
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