Hanging Glacier

Hanging Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Hanging Glacier


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type = Mountain glacier
location = Mount Anderson, Washington, U.S.
coordinates = coord|47|43|50|N|123|19|26|W|type:glacierGoogle Earth images.]
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Hanging Glacier is a tiny glacier located northeast of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park. The glacier starts north of a saddle between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about Convert|5700|ft|m|lk=on|-2.Cite web|title=Hanging Glacier, USGS Mount Steel (WA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=47.73051&lon=-123.3239&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG|publisher=TopoQuest.com|accessdate=2008-07-05] Its terminus is located at about Convert|5200|ft|m|abbr=on|-2.

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