| 词条 | Watkins Glacier |
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| name = Watkins Glacier | photo = | photo_caption = | type = Mountain glacier | location = Siskiyou County, California, United States | map = USA California#USA | map_caption = Location in California | label_position = right | map_size = 225 | coordinates = {{coord|41|23|57|N|122|10|38|W|region:US-CA|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =[1] | area = {{convert|.04|sqmi|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|.2|mi|abbr=on}} | thickness = | terminus = Moraine | status = Expanding }} The Watkins Glacier is a glacier situated on the southeastern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It occupies a small cirque in the Clear Creek drainage. It is the smallest officially-named glacier on Mount Shasta, and it was not accorded that status until 1976, following a decades-long campaign by local resident R. Harry Watkins, Jr., to bring recognition to the previously-ignored glacier.[2] The Watkins is one of three small cirque glaciers on the southern side of Shasta, along with the Konwakiton and Mud Creek Glaciers located about {{Convert|1|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} west. It has the lowest average elevation of any of Shasta's glaciers, extending only between {{convert|10400|and|11000|ft|abbr=on}}.[3] In 2002, scientists made the first detailed survey of Mount Shasta's glaciers in 50 years. They found that seven of the glaciers (including the Watkins) have grown over the period 1951-2002, with the Hotlum and Wintun Glaciers nearly doubling, the Bolam Glacier increasing by half, and the Whitney and Konwakiton Glaciers growing by a third.[4][5][6] See also
References1. ^{{cite gnis|id=1657882|name=Watkins Glacier|accessdate=2012-09-30}} 2. ^{{cite web| last =| first =| title = Existing Glaciers of Mount Shasta | publisher =College of the Siskiyous| url =http://www.siskiyous.edu/shasta/env/glacial/exi.htm| accessdate = 2007-03-07 }} 3. ^Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates 4. ^{{cite book | last = Harris | first = Stephen L. | title = Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes (3rd ed.) | publisher = Mountain Press Publishing Company | year = 2005 | pages = 109 | isbn = 0-87842-511-X }} 5. ^{{cite web| last =Wong| first =Kathleen| title=California Glaciers|work=California Wild| publisher =California Academy of Sciences| url =http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/2005fall/stories/glaciers.html| accessdate = 2007-01-23 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061006102003/http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/2005fall/stories/glaciers.html |archivedate = 2006-10-06}} 6. ^{{cite news | last =Whitney| first =David| title =A growing glacier: Mount Shasta bucks global trend, and researchers cite warming phenomena| publisher =The Bee| date =September 4, 2006| url =http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14317368p-15234887c.html| accessdate = 2007-01-23 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070121071019/http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14317368p-15234887c.html |archivedate = 2007-01-21}}
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