Maclure Glacier: Difference between revisions

'''Maclure Glacier''' (also '''McClure Glacier''') is on [[Mount Maclure]] in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] crest of [[Yosemite National Park]] in [[Tuolumne County, California]], United States.<ref name=topo>{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Mount Lyell, CA|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.74673&lon=-119.28266&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref> The glacier is named after [[William Maclure]].<ref name=gnis/> Like most glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, Maclure Glacier is a small [[cirque]] glacier that is {{convert|.20|mi|abbr=on}} long and covers an area of only {{convert|.08|sqmi|abbr=on}}. The mean elevation of the glacier is around {{Convert|11400|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper 715—B Combined Ice and Water Balances of Maclure Glacier, California, South Cascade Glacier, Washington, and Wolverine and Gulkana Glaciers, Alaska, 1967 Hydrologic Year|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/pp/715-B/sec2.htm|date=2006-03-28|publisher=USGS|accessdate=2007-10-15}}</ref> Both the Maclure Glacier and the [[Lyell Glacier]], located nearby on [[Mount Lyell (California)|Mount Lyell]], have [[Retreat of glaciers since 1850|retreated since]] their first discovery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Twenthieth Century Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, California |work= |publisher=Hassan Basagic |date=May 14, 2005 |url=http://web.pdx.edu/~basagic/snglac.html |accessdate=2007-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906204018/http://web.pdx.edu/~basagic/snglac.html |archivedate=September 6, 2006 |deadurl=yes |dfurl-status=dead }}</ref>