Noisy Creek Glacier | |
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Type | Cirque glacier |
Location | Whatcom County, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 48°40′21″N 121°31′42″W / 48.67250°N 121.52833°W [1] |
Length | .55 mi (0.89 km) |
Terminus | Icefall |
Status | Retreating |
Noisy Creek Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, .50-mile (0.80 km) northwest of Bacon Peak. [2] Noisy Creek Glacier has retreated and left behind a series of small proglacial lakes. [3] Noisy Creek Glacier descends from 6,300 to 5,500 ft (1,900 to 1,700 m) and had an area of .58 km2 in 1993. [4] A ridge separates Noisy Creek Glacier from Green Lake Glacier to the east. [2] The National Park Service is currently studying Noisy Creek Glacier as part of their glacier monitoring project. [4] Between 1993 (when monitoring began), and 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness. [5]