This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These
glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the
Lilliput Glacier in
Tulare County, east of the
Central Valley of California.
The
Pacific Coast Ranges include glaciers in the three states on the Pacific Coast.
Washington
There are approximately 186 named glaciers in Washington according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).[3] However, the 1980 eruption of
Mount St. Helens eliminated nine of its eleven named glaciers and only the new glacier known as Crater Glacier has been reestablished since.
Mount St. Helens once had eleven named glaciers,[4] but the 1980 eruption of the volcano eliminated nine glaciers and the two remaining aren't recognized. One newly formed glacier now resides in the caldera of the volcano.
Glaciers of Nevada (in the Basin and Range Province)
Basin and Range Province lies east of the Coast Ranges and west of the Rockies. There are no active glaciers in the Basin and Range Province and Wheeler Peak Glacier is considered by some to be a
rock glacier.
According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), there are sixteen named glaciers in Colorado.[8]
According to early mountain explorers and scientists, Colorado once had more than eighteen glaciers before 1880.
Blanca Glaciers - two extinct glaciers (N.& S. glacier) on Mt. Blanca. These glaciers were located at 37° 35N., longitude 105° 28W. at 12,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range.
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