Andrews Glacier

Andrews Glacier is an alpine glacier in a cirque below Otis Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado. The glacier extends from Andrews Pass at nearly 12,000 to 11,700 feet with some perennial snow extending to Andrews Tarn, a small proglacial lake.

Photo: Jmpenzone, Public domain.

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 11,795 feet
Description: glacier in Colorado, United States
Also known as: “Andrew Glacier”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rocky Mountain National Park and Taylor Peak.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: K.lee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park in the Front Range region of the state of Colorado. The park's borders lie within three counties, Larimer, Boulder, and Grand, and it is surrounded by Roosevelt, Arapaho, and Routt National Forests.

Taylor Peak

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Taylor Peak, elevation 13,158 ft, is a summit in the Front Range of north central Colorado. The peak is in Rocky Mountain National Park at the head of Loch Vale and just north of Taylor Glacier.

Hallett Peak

Peak

Photo: rjones0856, CC BY 2.0.

Hallett Peak is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,720-foot peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 10.1 miles southwest by west of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties.

Andrews Glacier

Category: landform
Location: Larimer, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.28748° or 40° 17′ 15″ north

Longitude

-105.68389° or 105° 41′ 2″ west

Elevation

11,795 feet (3,595 metres)

Open location code

85GP78P8+XC

GeoNames ID

5574290

Wikidata ID

Q4759077

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Andrews Glacier” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Andrews Glacier”
Hebrew: “קרחון אנדרוז”
Slovenian: “Andrews Glacier”
Slovenian: “ledenik Andrews”

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