Klondike Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Klondike Glacier


caption =
type = Mountain glacier
location = Wyoming, United States
coordinates = coord|43|13|35|N|109|39|44|W|type:glacier_region:US-WY
area =
length = .32 mile (.5 km)
thickness =
terminus = proglacial lake
status = retreating

Klondike Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. [cite web| first=| last=|title =Grasshopper Glacier, USGS Gannett Peak (WY) Topo Map| work =USGS Quad maps|publisher =TopoQuest| date =| url =http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=43.23845&lon=-109.66097&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG| format =Map| accessdate = 2008-07-04] Klondike Glacier is in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier flows east into a proglacial lake and shares a glacial margin with Grasshopper Glacier to the north.

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ee also

* List of glaciers