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North Klawatti Glacier

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45: 343: 52: 182:. The glacier is approximately 1.4 mi (2.3 km) in length, .40 mi (0.64 km) in width at its widest and descends from 7,800 to 6,000 ft (2,400 to 1,800 m), where it terminates above 264: 388: 412: 44: 106: 422: 241: 417: 407: 29: 381: 207: 232: 374: 237: 175: 99: 84: 194:
to the south. In 1993, it had an area of 1.48 km. The North Klawatti Glacier was one of four glaciers selected for
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research. From 1993 (when monitoring began) to 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness.
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Map showing the location of North Klawatti Glacier
North Cascades National Park
Skagit County, Washington
U.S.
Coordinates
48°33′55″N 121°04′39″W / 48.56528°N 121.07750°W / 48.56528; -121.07750
cirque
Austera Peak
North Cascades National Park
Washington
Klawatti Lake
arête
Klawatti Glacier
glacier mass balance
List of glaciers in the United States
"North Klawatti Glacier"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior


Forbidden Peak, WA


"Glacier Monitoring Program"
"North Cascades National Park Complex Glacier Mass Balance Monitoring Annual Report, Water Year 2013"
Stub icon
glacier
Washington

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