Carrie Glacier
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Carrie Glacier is a glacier
located on Mount Carrie and Mount Fairchild in the Olympic Mountains
of Olympic National Park
. The body of ice is lies on the northern slopes of Mount Carrie. Starting at an elevation of about 6800 feet (2,072.6 m), the glacier descends northward, but the ice soon reaches a cliff. Part of the Carrie Glacier plunges over the steep rockwall, contributing ice to an adjacent glacier, while the other section flows north-northeast, avoiding the precipitous drop. This segment of ice is confined by an arête
to the west and Mount Fairchild to the east in a chute. The glacier reaches as low as 5000 ft (1,524 m) before terminating. There are several other patches of snow and glaciers located nearby, such as the Fairchild Glacier
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Mount Carrie and Carrie Glacier were named by surveyor Theodore Rixon for his fiancée Caroline Jones whom he met on a trail in Soleduck Valley.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
located on Mount Carrie and Mount Fairchild in the Olympic Mountains
Olympic Mountains
The Olympic Mountains is a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at - but the western slopes of the Olympics rise directly out of the Pacific...
of Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The park can be divided into four basic regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west side temperate rainforest and the forests of the drier east side. U.S...
. The body of ice is lies on the northern slopes of Mount Carrie. Starting at an elevation of about 6800 feet (2,072.6 m), the glacier descends northward, but the ice soon reaches a cliff. Part of the Carrie Glacier plunges over the steep rockwall, contributing ice to an adjacent glacier, while the other section flows north-northeast, avoiding the precipitous drop. This segment of ice is confined by an arête
Arete
Areté is the term meaning "virtue" or "excellence", from Greek ἈρετήArete may also be used:*as a given name of persons or things:**Queen Arete , a character in Homer's Odyssey.***197 Arete, an asteroid....
to the west and Mount Fairchild to the east in a chute. The glacier reaches as low as 5000 ft (1,524 m) before terminating. There are several other patches of snow and glaciers located nearby, such as the Fairchild Glacier
Fairchild Glacier
The Fairchild Glacier is a glacier located on Mount Fairchild and the Bailey Ridge in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park. Beginning at an elevation of about along the Baily Ridge, the glacier descends northeast from several sources. Though the glacier is one piece, the sources of ice...
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Mount Carrie and Carrie Glacier were named by surveyor Theodore Rixon for his fiancée Caroline Jones whom he met on a trail in Soleduck Valley.