Milk Lake Glacier

Milk Lake Glacier
Milk Lake Glacier
Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Glacier Peak Wilderness, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
Coordinates	48°09′05″N 121°09′18″W[1]
Terminus	Proglacial Lake
Status	Retreating/Extinct

Milk Lake Glacier is located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is within Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and a little over 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of Glacier Peak.[2] Milk Lake Glacier disappeared sometime between 1984 and 1997 and by 2005, Milk Lake was situated where the glacier had once been.[3][4]

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States

References

1. "Milk Lake Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
2. Lime Mountain, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-11-30.
3. Pelto, Mauri (2007). "Glacier Peak A Century Of Change". North Cascade Glacier Climate Project. Nichols College. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
4. Pelto, Mauri S. "Disappearance of Milk Lake Glacier". North Cascade Glacier Climate Project. Retrieved 2023-04-09.