Tyndall Glacier

Tyndall Glacier is a small cirque glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado. Tyndall Glacier is on the east side of the Continental Divide and in a cirque to the north of Hallett Peak.

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Type: Glacier with an elevation of 12,280 feet
Description: glacier in Colorado, United States
Also known as: “Tyndall Glacier (Colorado)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rocky Mountain National Park and Hallett Peak.

Rocky Mountain National Park

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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.

Hallett Peak

Peak

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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.

Taylor Peak

Peak

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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. Taylor Peak is situated 2 miles south of Tyndall Glacier.

Tyndall Glacier

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

40.30471° or 40° 18′ 17″ north

Longitude

-105.68945° or 105° 41′ 22″ west

Elevation

12,280 feet (3,743 metres)

Open location code

85GP8836+V6

GeoNames ID

5582988

Wikidata ID

Q7860458

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In Other Languages

“Tyndall Glacier” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tyndall Glacier”

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