List of Mount Hood glaciers
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 |
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