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List of glaciers in the United States

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Glaciers are located in ten states, with the vast majority in Alaska.Krimmel, R. (2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6cY5OFeVa4C&pg=PA329 Glaciers of North America] USGS The southernmost named glacier is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, east of the Central Valley of California.

Apart from Alaska, around 1330 glaciers, 1175 perennial snow fields, and 35 buried-ice features have been identified.Fountain, A. G., Glenn, B., and McNeil, C. (2023) [https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4077-2023 Inventory of glaciers and perennial snowfields of the conterminous USA] Earth System Science Data v15 #9: 4077–4104[https://glaciers.us/glaciers.research.pdx.edu/states-glaciers-2.html States With Glaciers] Portland State University

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Glaciers of Alaska

{{see|List of glaciers in Denali National Park and Preserve}}

There are approximately 664 named glaciers in Alaska according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).{{cite web|title=Alaska State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:2666440142776602::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}}

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|valign=top|File:A045, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA, Johns Hopkins Glacier, 2002.jpg]]

|valign=top|File:Matanuska Glacier 8859s.JPG]]

valign=top|File:Homer Alaska Spit Panorama.jpg is believed to be the remains of a glacial moraine.]]

|valign=top|File:Ocean liner and glacier in art detail, Alaska via Canadian Pacific. Taku Glacier (3531517944) (cropped).jpg and Taku Glacier in art for Canadian Pacific]]

|valign=top|File:A041, Juneau, Alaska, USA, Mendenhall Glacier, 2002.jpg, Juneau, Alaska]]

Glaciers of the Pacific Coast Ranges

The Pacific Coast Ranges include glaciers in the three states on the Pacific Coast.

=Washington=

File:Boulder Glacier 3593.JPG, Mount Baker]]

There are around 880 glaciers in Washington state, with 186 named according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).{{cite web|title=Washington State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:3567307312029887::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}} However, the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens eliminated nine of its eleven named glaciers and only the new glacier known as Crater Glacier has been reestablished since.

; Olympic Mountains

;; Mount Olympus

;; Other peaks in the Olympic Mountains

; North Cascades (non-volcanoes)

File:Bonanza Peak Washington.jpg

; Mount Baker

; Glacier Peak

; Mount Rainier

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; Goat Rocks

; Mount Adams

; Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens once had eleven named glaciers,{{cite journal|last=Phillips|first=William M.|title=Geologic Guide to the Monitor Ridge Climbing Route, Mount St. Helens, Washington |journal=Washington Geologic Newsletter|date=October 1987|volume=15|issue=4|pages=3–13|url=https://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_washington_geology_1987_v15_no4.pdf}} but the 1980 eruption of the volcano eliminated nine glaciers and the two remaining aren't recognized. One newly formed glacier now resides in the caldera of the volcano.

=Oregon=

There are up to 42 glaciers in Oregon, with 35 named according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).{{cite web|title=Oregon State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:3567307312029887::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}}

; Wallowa Mountains

; Mount Hood{{cite web|title=Glaciers at Mount Hood, Oregon|url=http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount_hood/mount_hood_geo_hist_97.html|work=Volcano Hazards Program|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-14|date=2012-09-28}}

{{main|List of Mount Hood glaciers}}

; Mount Jefferson

; Three Sisters Region

; Other Cascade Peaks

= California =

There are around 75 glaciers in California, with 20 named according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).{{cite web|title=California State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:3242222749592983::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}}

; Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta is a volcano with seven named glaciers in the northern region of California.

; Sierra Nevada

Glaciers of Nevada (in the Basin and Range Province)

File:2014-09-15 12 59 34 View of the Wheeler Peak Glacier in Great Basin National Park, Nevada.JPG

Basin and Range Province lies east of the Coast Ranges and west of the Rockies. There are no active glaciers in the Basin and Range Province and Wheeler Peak Glacier is considered by some to be a rock glacier.

Glaciers of the Rocky Mountains

=Colorado=

File:Andrews Glacier.jpg

According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), there are sixteen named glaciers in Colorado.{{cite web|title=Colorado State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:3567307312029887::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}}

According to early mountain explorers and scientists, Colorado once had more than eighteen glaciers before 1880.

See also [http://glaciers.research.pdx.edu/Glaciers-Colorado Glaciers of Colorado]

See also [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/621366]

=Idaho=

  • Borah glacierDrew, Micah (2022) [https://issuu.com/idahome/docs/idahome_volume_3_issue_10_for_issuu/s/17392114 Lonely Life of Idaho's Only Glacier] IdaHome vol 3 issue 10 p29

=Montana=

File:Grinnell Glacier 2009.jpg

{{see|List of glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)}}

There are around 210 glaciers in Montana, with 60 named glaciers according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).{{cite web|title=Montana State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:3567307312029887::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}}

=Utah=

There are no visible glaciers in Utah. Timpanogos Glacier article is documentation of a buried glacier.

=Wyoming=

File:Gannet Peak with Gannett Glacier.jpg is the largest glacier in the American Rockies and is located in the remote Wind River Range, Wyoming.]]

{{main|List of glaciers in Wyoming}}

There are around 105 glaciers in Wyoming, with 37 named glaciers according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).{{cite web|title=Wyoming State Glaciers Feature Query Results|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:2:3567307312029887::NO:RP::|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-10-13}}

File:Schoolroom Glacier from Hurricane Pass.jpg

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Notes

{{note|a|A}}Reported in 2020 to have disappeared.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lathrop Glacier is Gone|url=https://www.orglaciersinst.org/post/lathrop-glacier-is-gone|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Oregon Glacier Institute|language=en}}

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