Palisade Glacier
The Palisade Glacier is a glacier located on the northeast side of the Palisades within the John Muir Wilderness in the central Sierra Nevada of California.Photo: Jonathan Fox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Palisade and Mount Sill.
North Palisade
Peak
Photo: Ansel Adams, Public domain.
North Palisade is the third-highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California, and one of the state's small number of peaks over 14,000 feet, known as fourteeners.
Mount Sill
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Fox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks.
Thunderbolt Peak
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Fox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thunderbolt Peak is a peak in the Palisades group located in the Sierra Nevada of California. It rises to 14,009 feet and could be considered the thirteenth-highest peak in the state, but since the peak has less than 300 feet of prominence it is usually considered a subsidiary peak of North Palisade.
Palisade Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 12,697 feet
- Description: glacier in California, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Polish—“Palisade Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Palisade Glacier”
- Dutch: “Palisadegletsjer”
- Hebrew: “קרחון פליסייד”
- Japanese: “パリセイド氷河”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Palisade”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Polemonium Peak and Mount Gayley.
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