Success Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Success Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|49|54|N|121|46|47|W|type:glacier [Google Earth images.]
area = convert|0.3|sqmi|km2|1, 1983Cite web|title= DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods|url=http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Glaciers/description_rainier_glaciers.html|accessdate= 2007-11-19|publisher=USGS]
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The Success Glacier is a small glacier located on the southwestern slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers convert|0.3|sqmi|km2|1 and contains 500 million m³ (14 million m³) of ice. The glacier is bounded to the northwest by the Success Cleaver and to the east by the Kautz Cleaver.cite web|title=Success Glacier, USGS Mount Rainier West (WA) Topo Map
work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.82914&lon=-121.77954&datum=nad27&zoom=4|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-05-17] Starting from a steep rocky slope at about Convert|11000|ft|m|-2, the glacier flows southward downhill. At around Convert|9000|ft|m|-2, a small snowfield joins this glacier with the Pyramid Glacier to the southwest. Soon after this point, the glacier joins the adjacent Kautz Glacier at Convert|8600|ft|m|-2. The joined glaciers flow until their terminus at about Convert|6000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on. Meltwater from the glacier drains into the Nisqually River.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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