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Line 1: {{Short description\|Glacier in the United States}} ~~{{Infobox_Glacier \| glacier_name = Pyramid Glacier~~ {{Infobox glacier ~~\| image_name =~~ \| name = Pyramid Glacier ~~\| caption =~~ \| photo = \| type = Mountain glacier▼ \| photo_caption = \| location = [[Mount Rainier]], [[Pierce County, Washington]], [[United States\|USA]]▼ ▲ \| type = Mountain glacier \| coordinates = {{coord\|46\|49\|23\|N\|121\|47\|26\|W\|type:glacier}}<ref>[[Google Earth]] images.</ref>▼ ▲ \| location = [[Mount Rainier]], [[Pierce County, Washington]], [[United States\|USA]] \| area = {{convert\|0.2\|sqmi\|km2\|1}}, 1983<ref name="USGS">{{Cite web\|title= DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods\|url=http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Glaciers/description_rainier_glaciers.html\|accessdate= 2007-11-19\|publisher=USGS}}</ref>▼ ▲ \| ~~coordinates~~coords = {{coord\|46\|49\|23\|N\|121\|47\|26\|W\|type:glacier}}<ref>[[Google Earth]] images.</ref> ~~\| length =~~ ▲ \| area = {{convert\|0.2\|sqmi\|km2\|1}}, 1983<ref name="USGS">{{Cite web\|title= DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods\|url=http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Glaciers/description_rainier_glaciers.html\|accessdate= 2007-11-19\|publisher=USGS}}</ref> ~~\| thickness =~~ \| ~~terminus~~length = \| ~~status~~thickness = \| terminus = \| status = }} The '''Pyramid Glacier''' is actually a scattering of [[glaciers]] and snowfields located on the south-southwestern flank of [[Mount Rainier]] in [[Washington (U.S. state)\|Washington]]. It covers {{convert\|0.2\|sqmi\|km2\|1}} and contains 400 million ft³<sup>3</sup> (11 million m³<sup>3</sup>) of ice.<ref name="USGS"/> The glaciers lie at an elevation ranging from about {{Convert\|7000\|ft\|m\|-2}} to {{Convert\|9000\|ft\|m\|-2~~\|abbr=on~~\|abbr=on}}.<ref name="TZ">{{Cite web\|title=USGS Mount Rainier West (WA) Topo Map\|work=USGS Quad maps\|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.82219&lon=-121.78957&datum=nad27&zoom=4\|publisher=TopoQuest.com\|accessdate=2008-05-17}}</ref> The [[Success Divide]] separates this glacier from the [[South Tahoma Glacier]] to the west. Both the [[Success Glacier]] and lower end of the [[Kautz Glacier]] border this glacier on the eastern side.<ref name="TZ"/> Meltwater from the glacier drains into the [[Nisqually River]].<ref name="USGS"/> In a June 2023 report from the [[National Park Service]], the glacier had lost 34% of its volume between 2015 and 2021.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Bush \|first1=Evan \|title=Three of Mount Rainier's glaciers have melted away \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/three-mount-rainiers-glaciers-melted-away-rcna89123 \|access-date=June 25, 2023 \|work=NBC News \|date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> Based on 2022 satellite imagery, glaciologist [[Mauri Pelto]] declared Pyramid Glacier dead.<ref name=ryan>{{citation \|last=Ryan\|first=John\|title=Another three bite the dust: Heat melts Mount Rainier glaciers \| newspaper=[[KUOW-FM\|KUOW]] \|date=June 13, 2023\|url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/another-three-bite-the-dust-rip-3-mount-rainier-glaciers}}</ref> ==See also== Line 22 ⟶ 26: {{Glaciers of Mount Rainier}} [[Category:~~Mount~~Glaciers ~~Rainier~~of ~~National~~Mount ~~Park~~Rainier]] [[Category:~~Pierce~~Glaciers ~~County,~~of Washington (state)]] [[Category:Former glaciers of North America]]