Sandy Glacier

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glacier mountain glacier

Sandy Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the upper slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its crevasses and retreating ice.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sandy Glacier canonical 3

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Clackamas County, Oregon ⓘ
Hood River County, Oregon ⓘ
drainsInto Sandy River ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwest ⓘ
hasCrevasses true ⓘ
hasHazard crevasse falls ⓘ
icefall collapse ⓘ
rockfall from surrounding cliffs ⓘ
hasNotableFeature crevasses ⓘ
icefalls ⓘ
retreating terminus ⓘ
hasSeasonalSnowCover true ⓘ
isMonitoredFor glacial retreat ⓘ
mass balance changes ⓘ
isOn upper slopes of Mount Hood ⓘ
isOnVolcano Mount Hood ⓘ
isRetreating true ⓘ
isTemperateGlacier true ⓘ
locatedIn Cascade Range ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInProtectedArea Mount Hood National Forest ⓘ
locatedOn Mount Hood ⓘ
locatedOnFlankOf northwest flank of Mount Hood ⓘ
mountainRange Cascade Range ⓘ
namedAfter Sandy River ⓘ
partOf Mount Hood glacial system ⓘ
surface form: Mount Hood glaciers
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
status retreating ⓘ
surfaceType ice ⓘ
usedFor glaciological research ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Hood → hasGlacier → Sandy Glacier ⓘ
Ladd Glacier → near → Sandy Glacier ⓘ
Mount Hood Wilderness → contains → Sandy Glacier ⓘ