McAllister Glacier
McAllister Glacier is in a large cirque to the north and east of Dorado Needle, North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is approximately 1.85 mi in length, 1.5 mi in width at its terminus and descends from 8,000 to 4,500 ft, where it terminates near a proglacial lake.- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 6,923 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Also known as: “McAllister Creek Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorado Needle and Early Morning Spire.
Dorado Needle
Peak
Dorado Needle is an 8,440+ ft mountain summit located in North Cascades National Park in Skagit County of Washington state. The peak lies 0.73 miles north of Eldorado Peak and 1.33 mi southeast of Perdition Peak.
Early Morning Spire
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Early Morning Spire is an 8,200-foot mountain summit located in North Cascades National Park, in Skagit County of Washington state. The peak lies 0.29 mi west-northwest of Dorado Needle, 1.05 mi north-northwest of Eldorado Peak and 1.08 mi southeast of Perdition Peak.
Klawatti Peak
Peak
Klawatti Peak is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Klawatti Peak is a nunatak, a peak surrounded by glaciers. These are Klawatti Glacier to the east, McAllister Glacier to the northwest and Inspiration Glacier to the south.
McAllister Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Skagit, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“McAllister Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McAllister Glacier”
- German: “McAllister Glacier”
- Urdu: “مکالیسٹر گلیشیر”
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