Fishhawk Glacier
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Fishhawk Glacier is located in the Absaroka Range
, Shoshone National Forest
, in the U.S. state
of Wyoming
. The glacier is situated on the northeast slope of Overlook Mountain (11869 feet (3,617.7 m)) and is one of but a few glaciers that can be found in the Absaroka Range.
Absaroka Range
The Absaroka Range is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The range stretches about 150 mi across the Montana-Wyoming border, forming the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park and the western side of the Bighorn Basin. The range borders the Beartooth Mountains...
, Shoshone National Forest
Shoshone National Forest
Shoshone National Forest is the first federally protected National Forest in the United States and covers nearly 2.5 million acres in the state of Wyoming. Originally a part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve, the forest was created by an act of Congress and signed into law by U.S....
, in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
. The glacier is situated on the northeast slope of Overlook Mountain (11869 feet (3,617.7 m)) and is one of but a few glaciers that can be found in the Absaroka Range.