| 词条 | Andrews Glacier |
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| name = Andrews Glacier | photo = Andrews Glacier.jpg | photo_caption = Andrews Glacier viewed from the outlet of Andrews Tarn | type = Mountain glacier | location = Larimer County, Colorado, U.S. | map = USA Colorado | map_caption = Location in Colorado | label_position = right | map_size = 225 | coordinates = {{coord|40|17|15|N|105|41|02|W|region:US-CO|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =[1] | area = | length = | thickness = | terminus = Talus | status = Retreating }}Andrews Glacier is an alpine glacier in a cirque below Otis Peak ({{convert|12486|ft|abbr=on}}) in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado.[2] The glacier extends from Andrews Pass at nearly {{convert|12000|to|11700|ft}} with some perennial snow extending to Andrews Tarn, a small proglacial lake. When images of the glacier taken in the early 1900s are compared with those of the early 2000s, Andrews Glacier is showing a negative glacier mass balance which indicates the glacier is retreating.[3] See also
References1. ^{{cite gnis|id=177848|name=Andrews Glacier|accessdate=2012-08-18}} {{Rocky Mountain National Park}}{{Glaciers of Colorado}}2. ^{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=McHenrys Peak, CO|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=40.28748&lon=-105.68389&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=2012-08-18}} 3. ^{{cite journal|last=Hoffman|first=Matthew|author2=Andrew Fountain|author3=Jonathan Achuff|title=20th-century variations in area of cirque glaciers and glacierets, Rocky Mountain National Park, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA|journal=Annals of Glaciology|year=2007|volume=46|pages=349–354|url=http://glaciers.pdx.edu/fountain/MyPapers/HoffmanEtAl2007_FrontRangeCOglaciers.pdf|accessdate=2012-08-18|format=pdf|doi=10.3189/172756407782871233}} 3 : Glaciers of Colorado|Landforms of Larimer County, Colorado|Rocky Mountain National Park |
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