Tahoma Glacier
The Tahoma Glacier is a long glacier mostly on the western flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 1.2 square miles and contains 4.3 billion cubic feet of ice.Photo: Moody 75, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 8,583 feet
- Description: glacier on Mount Rainier in the United States
- Also known as: “North Tahoma Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Tahoma Glacier and 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.
Puyallup Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 5 miles southeast of Tahoma Glacier.
Tahoma Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Tahoma Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Tahoma Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tahoma Glacier”
- German: “Tahoma-Gletscher”
- Urdu: “تہوما گلیشیر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Klapatche Park and Indian Henrys Hunting Ground.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puyallup Cleaver and Success Cleaver.
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