Andrews Glacier is a small alpine glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, sitting in a cirque below Otis Peak at 3,806 meters. It descends from Andrews Pass at nearly 12,000 feet to about 11,700 feet, with its perennial snow extending down to Andrews Tarn, a small proglacial lake below the ice. Comparisons of early 1900s photographs with images from the early 2000s show the glacier has a negative mass balance and continues to retreat. 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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Andrews Glacier is an alpine glacier in a cirque below Otis Peak (12,486 ft (3,806 m)) in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado.
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Andrews Glacier is an alpine glacier in a cirque below Otis Peak (12,486 ft (3,806 m)) in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado. The glacier extends from Andrews Pass at nearly 12,000 to 11,700 feet (3,700 to 3,600 m) with some perennial snow extending to Andrews Tarn, a small proglacial lake.
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