Rusk Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Rusk Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Adams, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|46|12|15|N|121|28|22|W|type:glacier [Google Earth images.]
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The Rusk Glacier is a medium-sized glacier located on the eastern face of Mount Adams in Washington. Starting at an elevation of over Convert|10200|ft|m|-2 at just below The Castle, the glacier flows eastward down slope.Cite web|title=USGS Mount Adams East (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|publisher=TopoQuest.com|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.20226&lon=-121.4668&datum=nad27&zoom=4|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate= 2008-05-09] A significant portion of the glacier is covered by rock debris and in the middle of the glacier, at about Convert|9200|ft|m|-2, there is a small ice-free island of rock. The glacier terminates at about Convert|7500|ft|m|-2|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on at its rock-covered moraine.

ee also

*List of glaciers

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