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 West Peak.

Peak

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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…

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-123.32398° or 123° 19′ 26″ west

Elevation

5,348 feet (1,630 metres)

Open location code

84VRPMJG+6C

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=glacier

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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