Fairchild Glacier is a small mountain glacier on Mount Fairchild and Mount Carrie in the Olympic Mountains, within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington. It is about 0.64 kilometers long, beginning near 2,000 meters elevation on Bailey Ridge and descending northeast to end in a proglacial lake, roughly half a kilometer northeast of the neighboring Carrie Glacier. Like every glacier in Olympic National Park, Fairchild Glacier has been retreating for more than a century. It is named for William R. Fairchild, a pilot who supported scientific researchers working in the area. 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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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.
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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.
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Fairchild Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Washington on Mount Fairchild and Mount Carrie in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park.
Wikidata: Fairchild Glacier
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