Wilson Glacier
The Wilson Glacier is a medium-sized tributary glacier located on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after A.D. Wilson, who was part of an early ascent of Mount Rainier, the body of ice has an area of 0.5 square miles and has a volume of 1.9 billion feet3.Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 8,074 feet
- Description: glacier on the southern slope of Mount Rainier
- Also known as: “Stevens Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Rainier and Van Trump Glacier.
Mount Rainier
Volcano
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Rainier, also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Mount Rainier is situated 2 miles north of Wilson Glacier.
Van Trump Glacier
Glacier
The Van Trump Glacier is a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after P. B. Van Trump, who was part of an early ascent of Mount Rainier, the glacier covers 0.2 square miles and contains 500 million ft3 of ice.
Kautz Creek Falls
Waterfall
Kautz Creek Falls is a waterfall on Kautz Creek in the Mount Rainier National Park in the state of Washington. It was formed when the Kautz Glacier retreated in the last 50 years, creating a series of long and slender cascades totaling about 400 feet in height down a tall glacial cliff, with a highest drop of 150 feet. Kautz Creek Falls is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wilson Glacier.
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 2½ miles south of Wilson Glacier.
Wilson Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Wilson Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wilson Glacier”
- Urdu: “ولسن گلیشیر”
- “Wilson Glacier”
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Notable Places Nearby
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