620:
90:
563:
243:, between 250 and 170 years ago (a period also known as the Matthes glaciation in the Sierra Nevada). It currently has an area of .31 sq mi (0.80 km) and the glacier is .81 mi (1.30 km) long and .50 mi (0.80 km) wide. It is located between 13,400 and 12,000 ft (4,100 and 3,700 m) and moves at a rate of 20 ft (6.1 m) per year, although it is also retreating. Palisade Glacier is one of the few glaciers in California that terminates in a
57:
267:
40:
97:
64:
619:
689:
340:
704:
604:
694:
665:
314:
89:
155:
239:
containing the
Palisade Glacier has a history of thousands of years of glaciation. The modern glacier attained its last maximum extent during the
56:
541:
512:
485:
457:
397:
280:
709:
597:
305:
532:
Glaciers of
California: Modern Glaciers, Ice Age Glaciers, the Origin of the Death Valley, and a Glacier Tour in the Sierra Nevada
232:(14,242 ft (4,341 m)), the highest peak of the Palisades group and the third highest peak in the Sierra Nevada overall.
684:
502:
310:
334:
590:
699:
658:
213:
133:
148:
413:
Bowerman, Nicole D.; Doulgas H. Clark (May 2011). "Holocene
Glaciation in the Central Sierra Nevada, California".
651:
300:
570:
137:
562:
422:
221:
217:
252:
537:
508:
481:
453:
393:
635:
574:
430:
256:
244:
426:
266:
240:
229:
39:
678:
631:
530:
141:
434:
17:
260:
361:
255:
below the glacier are also the same color. Another feature of the glacier is a
228:, or mountain peaks over 14,000 ft (4,300 m) in elevation, including
225:
170:
157:
251:, turquoise-colored from the glacial powder suspended in the water. The
627:
248:
209:
236:
265:
224:
of
California. The glacier descends from the flanks of four
339:(Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps).
639:
578:
259:, which was formed in a drought during 1977, and a
194:
186:
147:
129:
121:
32:
529:
690:Glaciers of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
659:
598:
8:
270:The Palisade Glacier and its proglacial lake
666:
652:
605:
591:
29:
471:
469:
315:United States Department of the Interior
96:
63:
705:Inyo County, California geography stubs
292:
383:
381:
281:List of glaciers in the United States
212:located on the northeast side of the
7:
616:
614:
559:
557:
109:Palisade Glacier (the United States)
27:Glacier in California, United States
695:Glaciers of Inyo County, California
306:Geographic Names Information System
638:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
577:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
536:. University of California Press.
392:. University of California Press.
190:.31 sq mi (0.80 km)
25:
618:
561:
95:
88:
62:
55:
38:
504:A Natural History of California
435:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.10.014
343:from the original on 2013-05-17
311:United States Geological Survey
507:. University of Oregon Press.
480:. The Rosen Publishing Group.
1:
452:. Stanford University Press.
275:See also in the United States
112:Show map of the United States
44:Climbing the Palisade Glacier
501:Allan A. Schoenherr (1995).
450:Exploring the Highest Sierra
448:James Gregory Moore (2000).
390:Geology of the Sierra Nevada
362:"North Palisade, California"
710:United States glacier stubs
726:
613:
556:
415:Quaternary Science Reviews
198:.81 mi (1.30 km)
49:
37:
571:Inyo County, California
138:Inyo County, California
685:Glaciers of California
573:-related article is a
271:
171:37.10000°N 118.51028°W
79:Show map of California
76:Location in California
626:This article about a
476:Isaac Nadeau (2006).
269:
247:dammed by its former
700:Inyo National Forest
528:Bill Guyton (2001).
218:John Muir Wilderness
176:37.10000; -118.51028
427:2011QSRv...30.1067B
167: /
388:Mary Hill (2006).
336:North Palisade, CA
301:"Palisade Glacier"
272:
647:
646:
586:
585:
543:978-0-520-22683-8
514:978-0-520-06922-0
487:978-1-4042-3124-5
459:978-0-8047-3703-6
399:978-0-520-23695-0
202:
201:
18:Palisade Glaciers
16:(Redirected from
717:
668:
661:
654:
622:
615:
607:
600:
593:
565:
558:
548:
547:
535:
525:
519:
518:
498:
492:
491:
473:
464:
463:
445:
439:
438:
410:
404:
403:
385:
376:
375:
373:
372:
358:
352:
351:
349:
348:
331:
325:
324:
322:
321:
297:
206:Palisade Glacier
182:
181:
179:
178:
177:
172:
168:
165:
164:
163:
160:
125:Mountain glacier
113:
103:Palisade Glacier
99:
98:
92:
80:
70:Palisade Glacier
66:
65:
59:
42:
33:Palisade Glacier
30:
21:
725:
724:
720:
719:
718:
716:
715:
714:
675:
674:
673:
672:
612:
611:
554:
552:
551:
544:
527:
526:
522:
515:
500:
499:
495:
488:
475:
474:
467:
460:
447:
446:
442:
412:
411:
407:
400:
387:
386:
379:
370:
368:
360:
359:
355:
346:
344:
333:
332:
328:
319:
317:
299:
298:
294:
289:
277:
245:proglacial lake
220:in the central
175:
173:
169:
166:
161:
158:
156:
154:
153:
117:
116:
115:
114:
111:
110:
107:
106:
105:
104:
100:
83:
82:
81:
78:
77:
74:
73:
72:
71:
67:
45:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
723:
721:
713:
712:
707:
702:
697:
692:
687:
677:
676:
671:
670:
663:
656:
648:
645:
644:
623:
610:
609:
602:
595:
587:
584:
583:
566:
550:
549:
542:
520:
513:
493:
486:
465:
458:
440:
421:(9–10): 1067.
405:
398:
377:
366:Peakbagger.com
353:
326:
291:
290:
288:
285:
284:
283:
276:
273:
253:Big Pine Lakes
241:Little Ice Age
230:North Palisade
200:
199:
196:
192:
191:
188:
184:
183:
151:
145:
144:
131:
127:
126:
123:
119:
118:
108:
102:
101:
94:
93:
87:
86:
85:
84:
75:
69:
68:
61:
60:
54:
53:
52:
51:
50:
47:
46:
43:
35:
34:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
722:
711:
708:
706:
703:
701:
698:
696:
693:
691:
688:
686:
683:
682:
680:
669:
664:
662:
657:
655:
650:
649:
643:
641:
637:
633:
632:United States
629:
624:
621:
617:
608:
603:
601:
596:
594:
589:
588:
582:
580:
576:
572:
567:
564:
560:
555:
545:
539:
534:
533:
524:
521:
516:
510:
506:
505:
497:
494:
489:
483:
479:
472:
470:
466:
461:
455:
451:
444:
441:
436:
432:
428:
424:
420:
416:
409:
406:
401:
395:
391:
384:
382:
378:
367:
363:
357:
354:
342:
338:
337:
330:
327:
316:
312:
308:
307:
302:
296:
293:
286:
282:
279:
278:
274:
268:
264:
262:
258:
254:
250:
246:
242:
238:
233:
231:
227:
223:
222:Sierra Nevada
219:
215:
211:
207:
197:
193:
189:
185:
180:
152:
150:
146:
143:
139:
135:
132:
128:
124:
120:
91:
58:
48:
41:
36:
31:
19:
640:expanding it
625:
579:expanding it
568:
553:
531:
523:
503:
496:
477:
449:
443:
418:
414:
408:
389:
369:. Retrieved
365:
356:
345:. Retrieved
335:
329:
318:. Retrieved
304:
295:
234:
205:
203:
261:bergschrund
226:fourteeners
216:within the
174: /
162:118°30′37″W
149:Coordinates
679:Categories
371:2012-10-02
347:2012-10-02
320:2012-10-02
287:References
159:37°06′00″N
214:Palisades
134:Palisades
478:Glaciers
341:Archived
130:Location
630:in the
628:glacier
423:Bibcode
249:moraine
210:glacier
540:
511:
484:
456:
396:
257:moulin
237:cirque
195:Length
634:is a
569:This
208:is a
636:stub
575:stub
538:ISBN
509:ISBN
482:ISBN
454:ISBN
394:ISBN
235:The
204:The
187:Area
142:U.S.
122:Type
431:doi
681::
468:^
429:.
419:30
417:.
380:^
364:.
313:,
309:.
303:.
263:.
140:,
136:,
667:e
660:t
653:v
642:.
606:e
599:t
592:v
581:.
546:.
517:.
490:.
462:.
437:.
433::
425::
402:.
374:.
350:.
323:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
