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Eliot Glacier

Coordinates: 45°22′52″N 121°40′49″W / 45.38111°N 121.68028°W / 45.38111; -121.68028
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Eliot Glacier
An early 20th century image
Map showing the location of Eliot Glacier
Map showing the location of Eliot Glacier
Eliot Glacier
Location in Oregon
TypeMountain glacier
LocationHood River County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45°22′52″N 121°40′49″W / 45.38111°N 121.68028°W / 45.38111; -121.68028[1]
Area405 acres (164 ha)
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
TerminusTalus
StatusRetreating

Eliot Glacier is a glacier on the northeastern slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] Researchers have reported that Eliot Glacier covered an area of 395 acres (160 ha) in 2004 but had retreated 680 meters (2,230 ft) since 1901, though that decline was less than all but one other glacier on Mount Hood. The glacier's situation on a northeast slope, its higher altitude accumulation zone close to the summit of Mount Hood and its high level of talus debris may explain its slower retreat.[3]

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  1. ^ "Eliot Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Mount Hood North, OR (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Jackson, Keith; Andrew Fountain (2007). "Spatial and morphological change on Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA" (PDF). Annals of Glaciology. 46: 222–226. doi:10.3189/172756407782871152. S2CID 202915291. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2012.