List of glaciers in the United States


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.

Glaciers of Alaska

There are approximately 664 named glaciers in Alaska according to the Geographic Names Information System.
, Juneau, Alaska
and Taku Glacier in art for Canadian Pacific
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. However, the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens eliminated nine of its eleven named glaciers and only the new glacier known as Crater Glacier has been reestablished since.
; Olympic Mountains
;; Mount Olympus
;; Other peaks in the Olympic Mountains
; North Cascades
; Mount Baker
; Glacier Peak
; Mount Rainier
; Goat Rocks
; Mount Adams
; Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens once had eleven named glaciers, 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.
There are 35 named glaciers in Oregon according to the Geographic Names Information System.
; Wallowa Mountains
; Mount Hood
; Mount Jefferson
; Three Sisters Region
; Other Cascade Peaks
There are 20 named glaciers in California according to the Geographic Names Information System.
; Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta is a volcano with seven named glaciers in the northern region of California.
; Sierra Nevada
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.

Colorado

According to the Geographic Names Information System, there are sixteen named glaciers in Colorado.
According to early mountain explorers and scientists, Colorado once had over eighteen glaciers before 1880.
See also
See also

Montana

According to the Geographic Names Information System, there are 60 named glaciers in Montana.
There are no visible glaciers in Utah. Timpanogos Glacier article is documentation of a buried glacier.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, there are 37 named glaciers in Wyoming..