Name: Falling Ice Glacier

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104613W

Latitude: 435000N

 

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Elevation: 10997/3352

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Feature Type: Glacier

 

Origin of Name:

Glacier, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyo., on southeast slope of Mount Moran, ... . This is the steepest glacier in the range, the lower portion being broken into ice cascades.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Extremely steep, like a series of ice cascades. The terminus throws off blocks of ice which fall far below.

Source: WPA

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Mount Moran

 

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