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Banded Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Banded Glacier lies on the north slopes of Mount Logan in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is about 0.6 miles long and flows from just east of the summit of Mount Logan down to roughly 7,200 feet in elevation, where it terminates at a proglacial lake. 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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Classification
Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
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Caused By

Glaciation, Processes

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: Banded Glacier

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

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: Banded Glacier
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Found In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Banded Glacier
Sources
1. Banded Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Banded Glacier is located on the north slopes of Mount Logan, North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington.
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Wikidata: Banded Glacier
Wikidata Q4854484, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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