Hanging Glacier
Hanging Glacier is a located northeast of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park, U.S. state of Washington. The glacier starts north of a saddle between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about 5,700 feet.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Anderson and Anderson Glacier.
Mount Anderson
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Anderson is a 7,330-foot-high peak in the Olympic Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park in Washington state, it is the second highest peak on the Anderson Massif, after West Peak. Anderson Glacier used…
Anderson Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Anderson Glacier was a glacier located in a cirque south of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park. The southward-facing glacier starts on the steep headwalls of the cirque at about 6,200 feet to 6,000 ft.
West Peak
Peak
West Peak is a 7,365-foot-elevation summit in the Olympic Mountains, in Jefferson County of Washington state. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park, it is the highest peak on the Anderson Massif.
Hanging Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 5,348 feet
- Description: glacier in Washington state, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Jefferson, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.73054° or 47° 43′ 50″ northLongitude
-123.32398° or 123° 19′ 26″ westElevation
5,348 feet (1,630 metres)Open location code
84VRPMJG+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 1093657603OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Hanging Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hanging Glacier”
- Hebrew: “קרחון הנגינג (הפארק הלאומי אולימפיק)”
- Hebrew: “קרחון הנגינג”
- Urdu: “ہینگینگ گلیشیر”
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