Coleman Glacier (Washington)
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Coleman Glacier is located on
Mount Baker Mount Baker (Lummi: '; nok, Kw’eq Smaenit or '), also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States. Mount ...
in the
North Cascades The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada as the Casca ...
of the
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of
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. Between 1850 and 1950, Coleman Glacier retreated . During a cooler and wetter period from 1950 to 1979, the glacier advanced but between 1980 and 2006 retreated back . Situated on the west slopes of Mount Baker, Coleman Glacier is bordered by the
Roosevelt Glacier Roosevelt Glacier is located on the north slopes of Mount Baker in the North Cascades of the U.S. state of Washington. Roosevelt Glacier descends to nearly at Chromatic Moraine. In the middle of its course, Roosevelt Glacier is connected to Colem ...
to the north and the Heliotrope Ridge to the south.


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List of glaciers in the United States This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier ...


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Glaciers of Mount Baker Glaciers of Washington (state) {{Washington-glacier-stub