Newton Clark Glacier

Coordinates: 45°22′00″N 121°41′12″W / 45.36667°N 121.68667°W / 45.36667; -121.68667
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Newton Clark Glacier
Map showing the location of Newton Clark Glacier
Map showing the location of Newton Clark Glacier
Newton Clark Glacier
Location in Oregon
TypeMountain glacier
LocationHood River County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45°22′00″N 121°41′12″W / 45.36667°N 121.68667°W / 45.36667; -121.68667[1]
Area345 acres (140 ha) (2004 estimate)
TerminusTalus
StatusRetreating

Newton Clark Glacier is an alpine glacier on the southeast slope of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] The glacier extends from 10,400 to 6,500 feet (3,200 to 2,000 m). The glacier lies entirely within Mount Hood Wilderness.

Between 1907 and 2004, Newton Clark Glacier lost 32% of its surface area and the glacier terminus retreated 310 metres (1,020 ft) over the same time period.[3]

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  1. ^ "Newton Clark Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Mount Hood South, OR (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Jackson, Keith; Andrew Fountain (2007). "Spatial and morphological change on Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA" (PDF). Annals of Glaciology. 46: 222–226. doi:10.3189/172756407782871152. S2CID 202915291. Retrieved August 11, 2012.