Puyallup Glacier
The Puyallup Glacier is a glacier on the west flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 2.0 square miles and contains 10.2 billion ft3 of ice. Sharing the same source of ice as the northern South Mowich Glacier, the Puyallup Glacier begins as a branch off the ice stream that flow out of the Sunset Amphitheater.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tokaloo Rock and South Tahoma Glacier.
Tokaloo Rock
Peak
Tokaloo Rock is a 7,688 feet mountain located in Mount Rainier National Park, in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range, and lies 4 mi west of the summit of Mount Rainier, near the head of the North Puyallup River and at the foot of the Puyallup Glacier.
South Tahoma Glacier
Glacier
The South Tahoma Glacier is a glacier located on the southwest flank of Mount Rainier in State of Washington. It covers 1.1 square miles and contains 4.6 billion ft3 of ice.
Pyramid Glaciers
Glacier
The Pyramid Glacier is actually a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the south-southwestern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 0.2 square miles and contains 400 million ft3 of ice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paradise.
Paradise
Hamlet
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately 5,400 feet on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States. Paradise is situated 6 miles southeast of Puyallup Glacier.
Puyallup Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 8,058 feet
- Description: glacier on Mount Rainier in the United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.84773° or 46° 50′ 52″ northLongitude
-121.82301° or 121° 49′ 23″ westElevation
8,058 feet (2,456 metres)Open location code
84RWR5XG+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 180171952OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Puyallup Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Puyallup Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Puyallup Glacier”
- German: “Puyallup-Gletscher”
- Russian: “ледник Пуйаллап”
- Urdu: “پویالوپ گلیشیر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Klapatche Park and Columbia Crest.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puyallup Cleaver and Tokaloo Spire.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puyallup Glacier”. Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.