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Konwakiton Glacier

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on the south side of Shasta's Misery Hill cone, just northeast of the prominent outcrop of Thumb Rock at about 11,500 ft (3,500 m). It is the fifth largest glacier on Mount Shasta, although less than one-third the size of any of the four larger ones
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In 2002, scientists made the first detailed survey of Mount Shasta's glaciers in 50 years. They found that seven of the glaciers have grown over the period 1951–2002, with the Hotlum and Wintun Glaciers nearly doubling, the
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increasing by half, and the Whitney and Konwakiton Glaciers growing by a third.
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Map showing the location of Konwakiton Glacier
Siskiyou County, California
Coordinates
41°23′59″N 122°11′43″W / 41.39972°N 122.19528°W / 41.39972; -122.19528
glacier
Mount Shasta
California
cirque
Whitney
Bolam
Hotlum
Wintun
bergschrund
Bolam Glacier
List of glaciers in the United States
"Konwakiton Glacier"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
Google Earth
GNIS
"Ice volumes on Cascade volcanoes; Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Three Sisters, and Mount Shasta"
Mountain Press Publishing Company
ISBN
0-87842-511-X
"California Glaciers"
the original
"A growing glacier: Mount Shasta bucks global trend, and researchers cite warming phenomena"
the original
"Existing Glaciers of Mount Shasta"

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