North Klawatti Glacier
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North Klawatti Glacier lies in a cirque to the east of Austera Peak, North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of
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. The glacier is approximately in length, in width at its widest and descends from , where it terminates above Klawatti Lake. An
arête An arête ( ) is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequ ...
divides North Klawatti Glacier from Klawatti Glacier to the south. In 1993, it had an area of 1.48 km2. The North Klawatti Glacier was one of four glaciers selected for
glacier mass balance Crucial to the survival of a glacier is its mass balance or surface mass balance (SMB), the difference between accumulation and ablation (sublimation and melting). Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall, causing c ...
research. From 1993 (when monitoring began) to 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness.


See also

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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 ...


References

Glaciers of the North Cascades Glaciers of Skagit County, Washington Glaciers of Washington (state) {{Washington-glacier-stub