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McCall Glacier (Washington)

Glaciers and Ice Formations

McCall Glacier is a small mountain glacier in the Goat Rocks Wilderness of Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state, about 0.6 miles southeast of Old Snowy Mountain, with its largest ice section just east of Ives Peak. Roughly a quarter mile long, it is retreating, with a terminus of bare rock, and lies near the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail about half a mile east of Packwood Glacier. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
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Glaciation, Processes
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of McCall Glacier (Washington), World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
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"name_eng": "Goat Rocks", "desig_eng": "Wilderness"
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McCall Glacier (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    McCall Glacier is located in the Goat Rocks region in the U.S. state of Washington.
  • Lead
    The glacier is near to the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and in the Goat Rocks Wilderness of Snoqualmie National Forest
  • Lead sentence
    The glacier is near to the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and in the Goat Rocks Wilderness of Snoqualmie National Forest, .60 mi (0.97 km) southeast of Old Snowy Mountain.
  • In Discipline: Glaciology, Lead section (in-discipline Glaciology)
    McCall Glacier is located in the Goat Rocks region in the U.S. state of Washington.
  • Caused By: Glaciation, Lead section (caused-by Glaciation)
    McCall Glacier is located in the Goat Rocks region in the U.S. state of Washington.
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