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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Plateau Glacier at left center. Tongue of Burroughs Glacier at right center. View is approximately west-southwest across Muir Inlet from Wright's 1931 Muir Inlet station 3. 1931.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Merced Lake lies in a Yosemite-like stretch of the upper Merced Canyon. Its basin, hollowed from the granite by the ancient Merced Glacier, is in the process of being filled with river-borne sand and gravel and will, in time, be replaced by a level floor analogous to that of Yosemite Valley. At the head of the lake is the forested delta of the river. Circa 1914. Plate 12-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160.
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View across Nisqually Glacier in series 14-W (profile 2) used to determine slope and changes in ice thickness. The glacier surface in this area has become much rougher since 1952 and the streak of white (clear) ice is now hidden behind the thickened zone of crevassed, debris-covered ice. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. September 8, 1960. Panorama in two parts. (see vfm00012) Figure 9, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 631.
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An August 2004, north-looking photograph, taken by Ron Karpilo, National Park Service, showing a retreating unnamed valley glacier that forms the East Fork of the Teklanika River, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The photograph shows the retreating, debris-covered terminus of East Fork Teklanika Glacier with an elevated lateral moraine on its west (left) side. Compare with a 1906 photograph from the same location by S.R. Capps. Note: Link to S.R. Capps photograph number 917 is under Web Links below.
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Album Caption: Cliff Glacier north of Copper Pass. Sanford district, Copper River region, Alaska.
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Album caption: Ice cataract at mouth of glacier tributary to Nadena Glacier. Copper River region, Alaska. No index card available.
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Album caption: Summit of Valdez Glacier. From trail on summit of Valdez Glacier, looking N. 37 DE. E, down head Klutina Glacier, showing descending ridge in right, and mountains bounding head of Klutina Valley on N.W. in left. No index card available. Notes: Prints 4 to 210 taken in the Copper River Prince William So. region, 1898.
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Nisqually Glacier, from confluence with Wilson Glacier to the nunatak, as seen from station 7 on August 22, 1945. Upper part of glacier is at about its lowest known ice mass, as evidenced by the exposure of bedrock. There is almost no crevassing in middle reach. Slope at center of photo is very flat and broken below there. Note the lightcolored medial moraine approaching nunatak from upper right. Sources of debris may be deduced. Note also large icecored moraine along wrest edge of glacier. Mount Rainier National Park. Pierce County, Washington. August 22, 1945. Panoram in two parts. Photo 3 and 4. (see vfm00004) Published as figure 4 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 631. 1969.
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Upper reaches of Nisaqually and Wilson Glaciers as seen from station 13 on August 30, 1957. Most of exposed bedrock areas marked in photo no. 18 are now covered by Wilson Glacier. Glacier surface at profile 3 is only 3 feet (1 m) higher than in 1949, but near left edge of picture it probably is about 60 feet (18 m) higher because at profile 2 the ice level rose 97 feet (30 m) from 1949 to 1957. The crevassing appears much coarser (rougher) now and extends to the east edge of the glacier. Exposed face of the ice field above the cliff is thicker. The falls at far left are nearly dry (compare with photo no. 18). Note the different layers (ages) of firn exposed in the small area at lower right, which can be differentiated...
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Shoshone Indian Reservation. Terminal moraine of North Fork Glacier, Wind River Mountains (in middle-ground). Seven miles west of Fort Washakie. Moraine 300-400 feet high. Fremont County, Wyoming. August 2, 1924.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Aerial view of down-valley part of avalanche deposits. Rock fragment shown in photo is circled. Photo by A.S. Post, August 20, 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1221-A, figure 6. 1965.
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Photograph illustrating how temporary lakes are caused by periodically surging glaciers: Tikke Glacier at beginning of surge. Tikke Glacier, located north of Glacier Bay, is subject to periodic surges in which the ice suddenly advances several kilometers at approximately 20-year intervals. This view of the glacier was taken when a surge was moving rapidly down the glacier. Lateral valleys to the right of the glacier do not contain lakes: farther up glacier on the left side the fast-moving ice recently has dammed the lateral streams. British Columbia, Canada. August 1965. Published on sheet 3 of U. S. Geological Survey. Hydrologic investigations. Atlas HA-455. 1971.
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Mountains viewed through glaciated valley, looking southwest from valley immediately southeast of Nenana Glacier. Valdez Creek district, Cook Inlet region. Alaska. August 14, 1913.
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The largest glacier in the United States is the Bering Glacier, near Cordova, Alaska. With its associated icefield feeders it is 203 km (126 miles) long and covers an area of more than 5,000 square kilometers (1,900 square miles). Only a fraction of the lower part of this immense glacier is shown in this view, looking northeast to where the glacier passes between Waxell Ridge (left) and Barkley Ridge (right). Alaska Gulf region, Alaska, n.d. Published on pages 22-23 in U. S. Geological Survey. Glaciers: A Water Resource, by Mark Meier and Austin Post. 1995.
Categories: Image; Tags: Alaska Glacier, Glaciers, photo print
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Lower part of Nisqually Glacier as seen from station 5 . The upper portion of the glacier is 7 feet (2 meters) higher than in 1959 (photo vfm00026), and since then the glacier has thickened 22 feet (7 meters) lower down and 24 feet (7 meters) toward the bottom of the glacier. The broad bulge of thickening is visible in midglacier in its center portion. The nunatak has been topped by flowing ice. Dead ice downstream has receded considerably since 1959, but now previously stagnant ice in midchannel is thickened and has been incorporated into the advancing terminus. September 8, 1962. Figure 24, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 631.
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Lower part of Nisqually Glacier as seen from station 5. With respect to its 1962 condition (photo vfm00027), the glacier has gained 3 feet (1 meter) in thickness in the upper area and lost 5 feet (2 meters) lower down. However, toward the bottom, the thickness has increased 34 feet (10 meters). The preliminary result now available for the 1966 survey shows that 1965 was a peak year at the bottom of the glacier. The vigorous terminal reach and snout of the glacier have completely covered or incorporated all vestiges of stagnant ice. The nunatak is almost entirely engulfed. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. August 30, 1965. Figure 25, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 631.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. These arcuate end moraines of a former small cirque glacier are the type locality of the McNeeley Drift. The cirque is on the north slope of the Sourdough Mountains seven-tenths of a kilometer south of McNeeley Peak and almost directly north of the Sunrise Visitor Center at Yakima Park. Pumice layer R, which is more than 8,750 years old, overlies the outermost McNeeley moraine at this locality. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 23. 1974.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Forested McNeeley and bare Garda moraines of a former cirque glacier at the north end of Old Desolate, north of Mount Rainier. The McNeeley glacier reached about 300 meters farther than did the Garda glacier. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 24. 1974.
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Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Four curved recessional moraines are spread over a distance of 2,000 feet on the valley floor of Fryingpan Creek. They were formed within the last few hundred years as Fryingpan Glacier lost volume and shrank back toward its present position above a line of cliffs. Circa 1967. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292, figure 15. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292, figure 14. (revised edition).
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Nisqaully Glacier ice margins around the nunatak for selected years in the period 1942-65. The down-glacier part of the 1942, 1961, and 1965 lines are indeterminate because the ice is obscured by debris. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. August 22, 1951. Figure 13, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 631.
map background search result map search result map Four curved recessional moraines, Fryingpan Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1967. Arcuate end moraines, McNeeley Drift, Sourdough Mountains, Yakima Park, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Forested McNeeley and bare Garda moraines, Old Desolate, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Ice cataract at mouth of glacier tributary to Nadena Glacier. Copper River region, Alaska. circa 1902. View of a retreating unnamed valley glacier. Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 2004. Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1945. (Panoram in two parts.) Nisqaully Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1951. View across Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1960. (Panorama in two parts.) Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Lower part of Nisqually Glacier as seen from station 5 . Lower part of Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1965. Upper reaches of Nisaqually and Wilson Glaciers. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1957. (Panorama in two parts.) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Plateau Glacier at left center. Tongue of Burroughs Glacier at right center. Summit of Valdez Glacier. Valdez district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1898. Four curved recessional moraines, Fryingpan Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1967. Arcuate end moraines, McNeeley Drift, Sourdough Mountains, Yakima Park, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Forested McNeeley and bare Garda moraines, Old Desolate, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964. Nisqaully Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1951. View across Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1960. (Panorama in two parts.) Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Lower part of Nisqually Glacier as seen from station 5 . Lower part of Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1965. Upper reaches of Nisaqually and Wilson Glaciers. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1957. (Panorama in two parts.) Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1945. (Panoram in two parts.) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Plateau Glacier at left center. Tongue of Burroughs Glacier at right center. View of a retreating unnamed valley glacier. Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 2004. Ice cataract at mouth of glacier tributary to Nadena Glacier. Copper River region, Alaska. circa 1902. Summit of Valdez Glacier. Valdez district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1898.