Palisade Glacier
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Palisade Glacier is the largest remaining glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California, located on the eastern slope of the Palisades range.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palisade Glacier canonical | 1 |
| Palisade Glacier area | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| accessedFrom | Big Pine Creek trail ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Owens River
ⓘ
surface form:
Owens River basin
|
| elevation | approximately 3,400–3,900 meters ⓘ |
| feeds | Big Pine Creek ⓘ |
| firstAscentArea | early 20th century ⓘ |
| forms | Palisade Glacier lakes below its terminus ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | late Holocene ⓘ |
| glacierType |
cirque glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
icefall ⓘ lateral moraines ⓘ terminal moraine ⓘ |
| hasOutflow |
Big Pine Creek
ⓘ
surface form:
North Fork Big Pine Creek
|
| hasProtectionStatus | wilderness area ⓘ |
| isLargest | largest remaining glacier in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1.2 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Inyo County, California ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Eastern Sierra ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Sierra Nevada
|
| locatedOn | eastern slope of the Palisades range ⓘ |
| managedBy | Inyo National Forest ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| near |
Big Pine, California
ⓘ
Mount Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ North Palisade ⓘ Polemonium Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Starlight Peak ⓘ Thunderbolt Peak ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States outside the Rockies and Cascades
ⓘ
largest glacier in the Sierra Nevada by area ⓘ |
| orientation | north-facing cirque ⓘ |
| partOf |
John Muir Wilderness
ⓘ
Palisades (Sierra Nevada) ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| status | retreating ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 0.8 square kilometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glaciological research
ⓘ
ice climbing ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Palisade Glacier area