Cloud Peak Glacier lies in the Bighorn Mountains of northcentral Wyoming, within the Cloud Peak Wilderness of the Bighorn National Forest, and is the only active glacier in the range. It sits in a deep cirque immediately northeast of Cloud Peak, the highest point in the Bighorn Mountains, at an elevation of about 11,800 feet. 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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Centered within the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest, Cloud Peak Glacier is the only active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains.
Wikidata: Cloud Peak Glacier
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