Scimitar Glacier

Scimitar Glacier is located on the west and northwest slopes of Glacier Peak in the U.S. state of Washington. As is true with all the glaciers found on Glacier Peak, Scimitar Glacier is retreating.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glacier Peak and Kennedy Peak.

Glacier Peak

Volcano

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Glacier Peak or Dakobed is a stratovolcano in the U.S state of Washington. Located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, the volcano is visible from the west in Seattle, and from the north in the higher areas of eastern suburbs of Vancouver such as Coquitlam, New Westminster and Port Coquitlam.

Kennedy Peak

Peak

Kennedy Peak is an 8,381-foot summit in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.

Scimitar Glacier

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 8,196 feet
Description: glacier in the United States
Category: landform
Location: Snohomish, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.11623° or 48° 6′ 58″ north

Longitude

-121.12927° or 121° 7′ 45″ west

Elevation

8,196 feet (2,498 metres)

Open location code

84WW4V8C+F7

GeoNames ID

5809740

Wikidata ID

Q7433907

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Satellite Map

Discover Scimitar Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Scimitar Glacier” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Scimitar Glacier”
Japanese: “シミター氷河”
Urdu: “سیمیٹر گلیشیر”

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