List of Mount Hood glaciers

Main articles: Mount Hood and Glacier

The twelve glaciers on Mount Hood are:

Glacier name Area[1] Volume[1] notes GNIS location[2][3]
(acres) (km²) (acre-feet) (km³)
Palmer 32 0.13 1,600 0.0020 headwaters of the Salmon River 45°21′09″N 121°42′27″W / 45.3526180°N 121.7075764°W / 45.3526180; -121.7075764 (Palmer Glacier)
Coalman 20 0.081 900 0.0011 located between Crater Rock and the summit 45°22′19″N 121°41′54″W / 45.3720623°N 121.6984094°W / 45.3720623; -121.6984094 (Coalman Glacier)
White River 133 0.54 7,000 0.0086 feeds the White River 45°21′26″N 121°41′55″W / 45.3573401°N 121.6986873°W / 45.3573401; -121.6986873 (White River Glacier)
Newton Clark 491 1.99 32,000 0.039 source of the East Fork Hood River 45°22′00″N 121°41′12″W / 45.3667845°N 121.6867426°W / 45.3667845; -121.6867426 (Newton Clark Glacier)
Eliot 415 1.68 73,000 0.090 source of Tilly Jane Creek and Eliot Branch, tributaries of Middle Fork Hood River 45°22′52″N 121°40′49″W / 45.3812289°N 121.6803536°W / 45.3812289; -121.6803536 (Eliot Glacier)
Langille 99 0.40 7,000 0.0086 in Hood River watershed 45°23′32″N 121°40′48″W / 45.3923399°N 121.6800758°W / 45.3923399; -121.6800758 (Langille Glacier)
Coe 308 1.25 44,000 0.054 source of Coe Branch, a tributary of Middle Fork Hood River 45°23′00″N 121°41′40″W / 45.3834511°N 121.6945204°W / 45.3834511; -121.6945204 (Coe Glacier)
Ladd 223 0.90 20,000 0.025 source of McGee Creek, a tributary of West Fork Hood River 45°23′32″N 121°42′22″W / 45.3923400°N 121.7061873°W / 45.3923400; -121.7061873 (Ladd Glacier)
Glisan 45°23′27″N 121°43′10″W / 45.3909512°N 121.7195208°W / 45.3909512; -121.7195208 (Glisan Glacier)
Sandy 294 1.19 2,000 0.0025 feeds Muddy Fork, a tributary of the Sandy River 45°22′47″N 121°43′00″W / 45.3798401°N 121.7167431°W / 45.3798401; -121.7167431 (Sandy Glacier)
Reid 195 0.79 10,000 0.012 feeds the Sandy River 45°22′15″N 121°43′08″W / 45.3709512°N 121.7189654°W / 45.3709512; -121.7189654 (Reid Glacier)
Zigzag 190 0.77 10,000 0.012 feeds the Zigzag River 45°21′48″N 121°42′44″W / 45.3634513°N 121.7122986°W / 45.3634513; -121.7122986 (Zigzag Glacier)
Total, including snow patches 3,331 13.48 282,000 0.348

References

  1. 1 2 Carolyn L. Driedger and Paul M. Kennard (1986). "Ice Volumes on Cascade Volcanoes: Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Three Sisters and Mount Shasta". Geological Survey Professional Paper 1365. USGS. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Glaciers in Hood River County". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Glaciers in Clackamas County". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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