Schoolroom Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier in the United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Schoolroom Glacier

| photo = Schoolroom Glacier from Hurricane Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = Schoolroom Glacier at right from Hurricane Pass. Below the glacier is a proglacial lake impounded by lateral and terminal moraines left behind by the retreat of the glacier

| type = Mountain/Hanging glacier

| location = Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, United States

| map = USA Wyoming

| label_position = right

| map_size = 225

| coordinates = {{coord|43|43|33|N|110|50|56|W|region:US-WY|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1602776|name=Schoolroom Glacier|accessdate=2012-08-12}}

| area = {{convert|2|acre|km2|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|325|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}

| thickness =

| terminus = Moraine/Talus slope

| status = Retreating

}}

Schoolroom Glacier is a small glacier in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Grand Teton, WY|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.72590&lon=-110.84894&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=2012-08-12}} This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of {{convert|10400|ft|m|abbr=on}}, approximately {{convert|12|mi|km|abbr=on}} from the trailhead at Jenny Lake. The glacier has many of the classic textbook details of a glacier, namely, well defined terminal and lateral moraines, crevasses, a proglacial lake (or tarn{{cite web |author1=Russell Losco |title=Tarn and Moraine of Schoolroom Glacier |url=https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2013/04/tarn-and-moraine-of-schoolroom-glacier.html |website=Earth Science Picture of the Day |publisher=University Space Research Association |accessdate=31 August 2019 |date=16 Apr 2013}}) and related features which led to the naming schoolroom.{{cite web |author1=Cody Cottier |title=Melting ice: a Schoolroom lesson - Park enlists citizens to track the changes in Teton glaciers |url=https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/melting-ice-a-schoolroom-lesson/article_61ca5fad-f955-5cb6-b990-0edf6e6b5942.html |website=Jackson Hole News and Guide |accessdate=31 August 2019 |date=5 Sep 2018}}

As is true for a vast majority of glaciers worldwide, Schoolroom Glacier has been in a state of retreat for many decades, and if current climatic conditions persist, the glacier is anticipated to disappear by the year 2030, if not sooner.

File:Schoolroom Glacier.jpg

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