Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefield

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Saint Elias Mountains The Saint Elias Mountains (french: Chaîne Saint-Élie) are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, Southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada. The range ...

* Donjek Glacier *

Hubbard Glacier __NOTOC__ Hubbard Glacier (Lingít: ''Sít' Tlein'') is a glacier located in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve in eastern Alaska and Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Canada, and named after Gardiner Hubbard. Geography ...

* Logan Glacier

Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia ...

Boundary Ranges The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian p ...

Juneau Icefield The Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska, continuing north through the border with British Columbia, extending through an area of in the Coast Range ranging north to south and east to west. The icefield is the so ...

Llewellyn Glacier The Llewellyn Glacier is a glacier located in British Columbia and Alaska. It is the second-largest glacier in the Juneau Icefield. The glacier has rapidly retreated as of recent, and on June 6, 2018, a large kilometre-sized chunk of the narrow to ...

* Hang Ten Icefield *

Stikine Icecap The Stikine Icecap (sometimes referred to as the Stikine Icefield) is a large icefield straddled on the Alaska–British Columbia boundary in the Alaska Panhandle region. It lies in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains. Within the Unite ...

Great Glacier Great Glacier Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the Stikine Country region of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on January 25, 2001 to protect Great Glacier and the surrounding mountainous terrain. The park lies in the t ...

Andrei Icefield The Andrei Icefield is a large icefield in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located northwest of the community of Stewart in Cassiar Land District. The icefield is the source of many val ...

** Andrei Glacier ** Choquette Glacier **

Hoodoo Glacier Hoodoo Glacier is a glacier in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the western flank of Hoodoo Mountain. It lies at the headwaters of the Hoodoo River. The glacier originates from the Andrei Icefield. See also *List of glaciers in ...

Johnson Glacier Johnson Glacier () is a glacier flowing north between the McDonald Heights and Bowyer Butte to merge with the Getz Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Na ...

** Porcupine Glacier **

Twin Glacier Twin Glacier is a glacier in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the northern and eastern flanks of Hoodoo Mountain. It lies at the headwaters of the Twin River. The glacier originates from the Andrei Icefield. See also *List of g ...

Salmon Glacier The Salmon Glacier is a glacier located ~ north of Stewart, British Columbia, and Hyder, Alaska, just on the Canadian side of the border. The glacier, one of hundreds in the Boundary Ranges, is notable for its major potential as a natural ha ...

Cambria Icefield The Cambria Icefield is an icefield in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Stewart. Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, the Cambria Icefield is located in a s ...

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Monarch Icefield The Monarch Icefield is the northernmost of a series of large continental icecaps studding the heights of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia. Located southeast of the town of Bella Coola and west of the headwa ...

Ha-Iltzuk Icefield The Ha-Iltzuk Icefield is an icefield in the central Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest icefield in the Coast Mountains south of the Alaska Panhandle, with an area of . It is located on the west s ...

Klinaklini Glacier The Klinaklini Glacier is a glacier west of the Klinaklini River and head of Knight Inlet the Coast Land District of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the ...

Silverthrone Glacier The Silverthrone Glacier is a glacier at the northwest head of Knight Inlet in southwestern British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the P ...

* Waddington Massif-

Pantheon Range The Pantheon Range is a subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It is located between the edge of the Chilcotin Plateau at Tatla Lake on its northeast and the Klinaklini River on its west, with a southeastern ...

Whitemantle Range The Whitemantle Range is a subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia. Located between the heads of Bute Inlet on the east and Knight Inlet on the west, it is extremely rugged and glaciated. Its highest summit is ...

Waddington Glacier Waddington Glacier () is a tributary glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing west-northwest along the south side of Ugolini Peak, Colwell Massif, to enter Palais Glacier, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

Tiedemann Glacier Tiedemann is both a surname and a given name of German origin, a variant of Thiedemann. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Carlo von Tiedemann (born 1943), German television presenter * Dietrich Tiedemann (1748–1803), German psychol ...

Scimitar Glacier Scimitar Glacier is located on the west and northwest slopes of Glacier Peak in the U.S. state of Washington. As is true with all the glaciers found on Glacier Peak, Scimitar Glacier is retreating. During the Little Ice Age Scimitar Glacier was con ...

** Parallel Glacier ** Franklin Glacier ** Bell Glacier (Canada) ** Cannonade Glacier ** Remote Glacier ** Shadow Glacier **

Fan Glacier Fan commonly refers to: * Fan (machine), a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling ** Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling * Fan (person), short for fanatic; an enthusiast or supporter, especially wit ...

** Geddes Glacier ** Chaos Glacier ** Radiant Glacier ** Cataract Glacier ** Isolation Glacier ** Shiverick Glacier ** Malemute Glacier ** Sunrise Glacier ** Tellot Glacier ** Smoking Cannon Glacier ** Jambeau Glacier ** Chanterelle Glacier ** Yataghan Glacier ** Jubilee Glacier ** Chasm Glacier ** Lemolo Glacier ** Marvel Glacier ** Splinter Glacier ** Dauntless Glacier ** Cascade Glacier ** Whitemantle Glacier *

Homathko Icefield The Homathko Icefield is an icefield in British Columbia, Canada. Officially named the Homathko Snowfield from 1950 until the current name was adopted in 1976, it is one of the largest icefields in the southern half of the Coast Mountains, with an ...

Lillooet Icecap The Lillooet Icecap, also called the Lillooet Icefield or the Lillooet Crown, is a large icefield in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is about northwest of the towns of Pemberton and Whistl ...

** Lord Glacier ** Tchaikazan Glacier **

Stanley Smith Glacier Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

Frank Smith Glacier Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curre ...

** Bridge Glacier ** Lillooet Glacier ** Necwtinoaz Glacier ** Magaera Glacier ** Qwilqen Glacier ** Stalhalam Glacier *

Compton Névé The Compton Névé is a névé in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of the Homathko Icefield and Mount Gilbert (British Columbia), Mount Gilbert and to the south of the Bishop River ...

Ring Glacier Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...

Pemberton Icefield The Pemberton Icefield or Pemberton Icecap, is the southernmost of the series of very large icefields studding the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Physical Details Approximately in area, the icefield's s ...

** Overseer Icefield * Ipsoot Icefield *

Powder Mountain Icefield The Powder Mountain Icefield, also called the Powder Mountain Icecap and the Cayley Icefield, is a glacial field in the Pacific Ranges of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, about west of Whistler and about north of Vancouver. On the west sid ...

Rainbow Glacier Rainbow Glacier is in Glacier National Park (U.S.), Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated immediately to the east of Rainbow Peak at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of ...

* Plateau Icefield

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Garibaldi Ranges The Garibaldi Ranges are the next-to-southwesternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains; only the North Shore Mountains are farther southwest. They lie between the valley formed by the pass between the Cheakamus River and ...

= * Armchair Glacier * Wedge Glacier *

Spearhead Glacier The Spearhead Glacier is the largest glacier on the Spearhead Range, located on the opposite, northeast side of that range from the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, and is serviced in part by the lift system of the Whistler Blackc ...

* Blackcomb Glacier * Overlord Glacier *

Garibaldi Névé The Garibaldi Névé is a snowfield in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the north and east sides of Mount Garibaldi in New Westminster Land District. The névé along with its outlet g ...

Mamquam Icefield The Mamquam Icefield is an icefield in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located at the headwaters of Skookum Creek. It lies at the southern end of Garibaldi Provincial Park and is one of the southernmost icefields in the Pacific Ranges of th ...

* Misty Icefield * Stave Glacier * Snowcap Icefield

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Lillooet Ranges The Lillooet Ranges are the southeasternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. They are located between the drainage of the Lillooet River and Harrison Lake on the west and the canyon of the Fraser Rive ...

= * Joffre Glacier

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Cayoosh Range The Cayoosh Range is the northernmost section of the Lillooet Ranges, which are a subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. The range covers an area of c. 3770 km² (1455 sq mi) and is approximately 65 ...

= * Place Glacier

Vancouver Island Ranges The Vancouver Island Ranges, formerly called the Vancouver Island Mountains, are a series of mountain ranges extending along the length of Vancouver Island which has an area of . The Vancouver Island Ranges comprise the central and largest part ...

* Aureole Icefield *

Comox Glacier The Comox Glacier is a glacier on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of Courtenay and west of Argus Mountain. The highest elevation of the Comox Glacier, , refers to a rocky outcrop on the north side of the glacier. ...

Columbia Mountains The Columbia Mountains are a group of mountain ranges along the upper Columbia River in British Columbia, Montana, Idaho and Washington. The mountain range covers 135,952 km² (52,491 sq mi). The range is bounded by the Rocky Mountain T ...

Purcell Mountains The Purcell Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. They are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which includes the Selkirk, Monashee, and Cariboo Mountains. They are located on the west side of the Rocky Mounta ...

* Bugaboo Glacier * Commander Glacier * Durrand Glacier * Farnham Glacier * Jumbo Glacier **

Jumbo Glacier, British Columbia Jumbo Glacier, also known as Jumbo, was a mountain resort municipality within the Regional District of East Kootenay in southeast British Columbia, Canada between 2013 and 2021. It was approximately west of Invermere Government of British Columb ...

, a resort in the area. * Macbeth Icefield * Conrad Icefield

Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica Pe ...

* Caribou Glacier * Kokanee Glacier * Illecillewaet Névé **

Illecillewaet Glacier The Illecillewaet Glacier is a glacier in British Columbia, Canada. It is located inside Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains, a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. After the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Th ...

* Albert Icefield * Clachnacudainn Icefield * Gyr Icefield * Primrose Icefield * Bonney Névé * Deville Névé * Duncan Névé * Goldstream Névé * Sonata Névé * Van Horne Névé *

Woodbury Glacier Woodbury Glacier () is a glacier just west of Montgolfier Glacier, flowing into Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys L ...

Monashee Mountains The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia, Canada, extending into the U.S. state of Washington. They stretch from north to south and from east to west. They are a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. The highes ...

* Serpentine Névé

Cariboo Mountains The Cariboo Mountains are the northernmost subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which run down into the Spokane area of the United States and include the Selkirks, Monashees and Purcells. The Cariboo Mountains are entirely within the province of ...

* Braithwaite Icefield

Interior Mountains The Interior Mountains or Northern Interior Mountains are the semi-official names for an expansive collection of mountain ranges that comprises much of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia and a large area of southern Yu ...

Hazelton Mountains The Hazelton Mountains are a grouping of mountain ranges on the inland lee of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, spanning the area of Hazelton south to the Nechako Reservoir. Defined by the British ...

* Silvertip Icefield

Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies (french: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part ...
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* Angel Glacier – Jasper National Park, Alberta *

Athabasca Glacier The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about per year and has receded more than and lost over half of its volume in ...

– Jasper National Park, Alberta * Berg Glacier – Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia * Bonnet Icefield – Canadian Rockies *

Bow Glacier Bow Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately northwest of Lake Louise. It can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway. Bow Glacier is an outflow glacier from the Wapta Icefield, which rests along the Continental D ...

– Banff National Park, Alberta * Campbell Icefield *

Chaba Icefield Chaba may refer to: * Chaba, J-Pop group * Chaba River, Canada * Chaba River China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, mos ...

– Canadian Rockies * Clemenceau Icefield – Canadian Rockies *

Columbia Icefield The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in North America's Rocky Mountains. Located within the Canadian Rocky Mountains astride the Continental Divide along the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, the ice field lies partly ...

– Canadian Rockies *

Crowfoot Glacier __NOTOC__ Crowfoot Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, northwest of Lake Louise, Alberta, Lake Louise, and can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway. The glacier is situated on the northeastern flank of Crowfoot Mountain ( ...

– Banff National Park, Alberta *

Daly Glacier Daly or DALY may refer to: Places Australia * County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia * Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality * Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory * Daly, Northern Territory, a ...

– Yoho National Park, British Columbia *Dome Glacier – Jasper National Park, Alberta * Drummond Icefield – Canadian Rockies * Emerald Glacier – Yoho National Park, British Columbia * Freshfield Icefield – Canadian Rockies *

Hooker Icefield Hooker may refer to: People * Hooker (surname) Places Antarctica * Mount Hooker (Antarctica) * Cape Hooker (Antarctica) * Cape Hooker (South Shetland Islands) New Zealand * Hooker River * Mount Hooker (New Zealand) in the Southern Alps * Ho ...

* Lloyd George Icefield – Northern Rockies * Lyell Icefield * Mons Icefield * Mount Brown Icefield * Hector Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta *

Peyto Glacier __NOTOC__ The Peyto Glacier is situated in the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately northwest of the town of Banff, and can be accessed from the Icefields Parkway. Geography Peyto Glacier is an outflow glac ...

– Banff National Park, Alberta * Ram Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta * Reef Icefield *

Robson Glacier The Robson Glacier is the primary source of the short Robson River, one of the uppermost tributaries of the Fraser River. Located on the British Columbia-Alberta Boundary and the Continental Divide to the east of Berg Lake in Mount Robson Provin ...

– Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia * Saskatchewan Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta * Vulture Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta *

Wapta Icefield The Wapta Icefield is located on the Continental Divide in the Waputik Mountains of the Canadian Rockies, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers exten ...

– Banff National Park, Alberta *

Waputik Icefield The Waputik Icefield is located on the Continental divide in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. It is developed on the heights of the Waputik Range in the Central Main Ranges. The icefield is shared by ...

– Banff National Park, Alberta * Washmanwapta Icefield * Yoho Glacier – Yoho National Park, British Columbia

Arctic Archipelago The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark). Situated in the northern extremity of No ...

Axel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island ( iu, ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᓄᓈᑦ, ) is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 32nd largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According ...

* Müller Icecap * White Glacier

Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...

Barnes Ice Cap The Barnes Ice Cap is an ice cap located in central Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Geography It covers close to in the area of the Baffin Mountains. It has been thinning due to regional warming. Between 2004 and 2006, the ice cap was thinning ...

Coronation Glacier Coronation Glacier is a glacier on southeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The glacier is on the northeast coast of Cumberland Peninsula and is an outlet glacier of the Penny Ice Cap. The Coronation Glacier lost its connection to the Elena G ...

* Jimi Maasi Glacier * Keyhole Glacier * Kiitarayuk Glacier * Macculloch Glacier * Nuuksuq Glacier *

Oliver Glacier Oliver Glacier is a glacier located on the northeast coast of the Baffin Mountains on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is just outside Sirmilik National Park. See also *List of glaciers A glacier ( ) or () is a persistent body of dense ice th ...

Penny Ice Cap The Penny Ice Cap, formerly Penny Icecap, is a ice cap in Auyuittuq National Park of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It forms a high barrier on the Cumberland Peninsula, an area of deep fjords and glaciated valleys. It is a remnant of the last ic ...

* Utinatuk Glacier * West Pioneer Glacier

Bylot Island Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Eclipse Sound to the southeast and Navy Board Inlet to the southwest separate it from Baffin Island. Parry Channel lies to its northwest. At it is ranked 71st ...

* Kaparoqtalik Glacier * Sermilik Glacier

Devon Island Devon Island ( iu, ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᑦ, ) is an island in Canada and the largest uninhabited island (no permanent residents) in the world. It is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the largest members of the Ar ...

Devon Ice Cap The Devon Ice Cap is an ice cap on eastern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, covering an area of over . The highest point on Devon Island is found at the summit of the ice cap, with an elevation of . The ice cap has a maximum thickness of , and h ...

Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. ...

Agassiz Ice Cap The Agassiz Ice Cap formerly Agassiz Glacier is an ice cap on the central eastern side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Agassiz ice cap is about in area. It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the Prince ...

Benedict Glacier Benedict Glacier () is a glacier on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially fr ...

* Chapman Glacier * Disraeli Glacier * Eugenie Glacier * Grant Ice Cap * Parrish Glacier *

Sven Hedin Glacier Sven Hedin Glacier is a glacier north of Princess Marie Bay on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean ...

Turnabout Glacier Turnabout Glacier is located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is drained by the Turnabout River. The glacier, the river and Turnabout Lake were named in 1957–58 during the International Geophysical Year by the ''Hazen Camp'' party direc ...

Melville Island

* Melville South Icecap

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