Darwin Glacier (California)
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Darwin Glacier is a mountain glacier
located on the north side of Mount Darwin
in the Sierra Nevada, California. The glacier is located in Kings Canyon National Park
. The glacier inherited its name from Mount Darwin, named for Charles Robert Darwin.
In 2004, a study found that since 1900, Darwin Glacier had lost half its surface area.
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 the north side of Mount Darwin
Mount Darwin (California)
Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in the Kings Canyon National Park and the Inyo National Forest of California. Two Australian geologists, Ernest Clayton Andrews and Willard D. Johnson, made the first recorded ascent on...
in the Sierra Nevada, California. The glacier is located in Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park is a National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. The park was established in 1940 and covers...
. The glacier inherited its name from Mount Darwin, named for Charles Robert Darwin.
In 2004, a study found that since 1900, Darwin Glacier had lost half its surface area.