Scimitar Glacier is a mountain glacier on the west and northwest slopes of Glacier Peak in Snohomish County, Washington, about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long. Like every glacier on Glacier Peak it is retreating, having pulled back some 5,250 feet between 1850 and 1946 before advancing 1,738 feet during a cooler period that lasted until about 1980; during the Little Ice Age it was joined to the neighboring Kennedy Glacier to the north, a connection that no longer exists. 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 StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Scimitar Glacier
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Scimitar Glacier
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Source Wikidata: Scimitar Glacier
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Scimitar Glacier, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_engQuote, name_eng and desig_eng
"name_eng": "Glacier Peak", "desig_eng": "Wilderness"
Scimitar Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Scimitar Glacier is located on the west and northwest slopes of Glacier Peak in the U.S. state of Washington.
Wikidata: Scimitar Glacier
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