Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier was a glacier in the U.S. state of Oregon and the last active glacier in the Wallowa Mountains. Situated at an elevation generally above 8,500 feet on the northeastern slopes Glacier Peak, a subpeak of Eagle Cap, it is now a stagnant ice mass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eagle Cap and Mirror Lake.
Eagle Cap
Peak
Eagle Cap is a mountain peak located in the Wallowa Mountains, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The peak is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, towering over Mirror Lake, with the Benson Glacier along the east flank of the summit ridge.
Mirror Lake
Lake
Mirror Lake is a lake in Wallowa County, Oregon. It is located in Eagle Cap Wilderness about 1.1 miles north-northwest of Eagle Cap peak.
Benson Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 9,193 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Wallowa, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.16534° or 45° 9′ 55″ northLongitude
-117.30227° or 117° 18′ 8″ westElevation
9,193 feet (2,802 metres)Open location code
85Q45M8X+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 984776861OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Benson Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Benson Glacier”
- Hebrew: “קרחון בנסון”
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