Fairchild Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Fairchild Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Carrie-Mount Fairchild, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|47|53|31|N|123|38|28|W|type:glacierGoogle Earth images.]
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The Fairchild Glacier is a glacier located on Mount Fairchild and the Bailey Ridge in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park. Beginning at an elevation of about Convert|6600|ft|m|-2|lk=on along the Baily Ridge, the glacier descends northeast from several sources. Though the glacier is one piece, the sources of ice never converge together and form one single ice stream. Instead, there is one intermediate field of ice that connects the two moving streams. The western stream terminates in a lake at about Convert|5900|ft|m|-2|abbr=on, while the eastern lobe terminates at about Convert|5600|ft|m|-2|abbr=on. The glacier has retreated significantly when comparing aerial photos and maps taken at different times.Cite web|title=USGS Mount Carrie (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.89076&lon=-123.63198&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG|accessdate=2008-07-05|publisher=TopoQuest.com]

ee also

*List of glaciers

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