Success Glacier

Glacier in the United States

Success Glacier

Type| Mountain glacier
Location| Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Coordinates| 46°49′54″N 121°46′47″W﻿ / ﻿46.83167°N 121.77972°W﻿ / 46.83167; -121.77972[1]
Area| 0.3 square miles (0.8 km2), 1983[2]

The Success Glacier is a small glacier located on the southwestern slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 0.3 square miles (0.8 km2) and contains 500 million cubic ft (14 million m3) of ice.[2] The glacier is bounded to the northwest by the Success Cleaver and to the east by the Kautz Cleaver.[3] Starting from a steep rocky slope at about 11,000 feet (3,400 m), the glacier flows southward downhill. At around 9,000 feet (2,700 m), a small snowfield joins this glacier with the Pyramid Glacier to the southwest. Soon after this point, the glacier joins the adjacent Kautz Glacier at 8,600 feet (2,600 m).[3] The joined glaciers flow until their terminus at about 6,000 ft (1,800 m). Meltwater from the glacier drains into the Nisqually River.[2]

## See also

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* List of glaciers

## References

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1. ^ Google Earth images.
2. ^ a b c "DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods". USGS. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
3. ^ a b "Success Glacier, USGS Mount Rainier West (WA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest.com. Retrieved 2008-05-17.

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Glaciers of Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier|

* Carbon Glacier
* Cowlitz Glacier
* Edmunds Glacier
* Emmons Glacier
* Flett Glacier
* Fryingpan Glacier
* Ingraham Glacier
* Inter Glacier
* Kautz Glacier
* Liberty Cap Glacier
* Nisqually Glacier
* North Mowich Glacier
* Ohanapecosh Glacier
* Paradise Glacier
* Puyallup Glacier
* Pyramid Glacier
* Russell Glacier
* South Mowich Glacier
* South Tahoma Glacier
* Success Glacier
* Tahoma Glacier
* Van Trump Glacier
* Whitman Glacier
* Wilson Glacier
* Williwakas Glacier
* Winthrop Glacier

See also|

* Glaciers of Mount Adams
* Glaciers of Mount Baker
* Glaciers of Glacier Peak
* Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains

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* VIAF

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