Challenger Glacier
Challenger Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington and is on the north slopes of Mount Challenger. Challenger Glacier descends from 8,000 to 5,000 ft.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include North Cascades National Park and Mount Challenger.
North Cascades National Park
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North Cascades National Park is a national park in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, on the border with Canada. The park's 500,000 acres protect a remote wilderness where steep glacier-capped mountains rise nearly 10,000 ft above pristine lakes.
Mount Challenger
Peak
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Mount Challenger is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. A difficult peak to approach due to its isolation, one of the most common routes to the summit involves ascending the Challenger Glacier on the north slopes of the peak.
Crooked Thumb Peak
Peak
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Crooked Thumb Peak is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the northern section of the park, Crooked Thumb Peak is in the Picket Range and is.50 mi south of Mount Challenger and the same distance north of Phantom Peak.
Challenger Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 6,526 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.84238° or 48° 50′ 33″ northLongitude
-121.34586° or 121° 20′ 45″ westElevation
6,526 feet (1,989 metres)Open location code
84WWRMR3+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 372063596OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Challenger Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Challenger Glacier”
- German: “Challenger Glacier (Washington)”
- German: “Challenger Glacier”
- Urdu: “چیلنجر گلیشیر”
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