Hanging Glacier
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Hanging Glacier is a tiny glacier
located northeast of Mount Anderson
in the Olympic Mountains
and Olympic National Park
in the United States
. The glacier starts north of a saddle
between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about 5700 feet (1,737.4 m). Its terminus is located at about 5200 ft (1,585 m).
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 northeast of Mount Anderson
Mount Anderson (Washington)
Mount Anderson is a high peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington state. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park, it the second highest peak on the Anderson Massif. Anderson Glacier is located in a cirque on the mountain's southern flank while Eel Glacier is in another cirque, northwest...
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...
and 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...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The glacier starts north of a saddle
Mountain pass
A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...
between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about 5700 feet (1,737.4 m). Its terminus is located at about 5200 ft (1,585 m).