Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains)

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Blue Glacier is a prominent valley glacier on Washington's Mount Olympus, known for its striking blue ice and role as a key source of the Hoh River.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf valley glacier ⓘ
accessTrail Hoh River Trail ⓘ
area approximately 2.0 square miles ⓘ
approximately 5.3 square kilometers ⓘ
climateZone maritime ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainsInto Hoh River ⓘ
elevationMax about 2100 meters ⓘ
about 6900 feet ⓘ
elevationMin about 1200 meters ⓘ
about 3900 feet ⓘ
firstMajorMeltwaterRecipient Hoh River ⓘ
geologicalSetting Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
glacierType valley glacier ⓘ
hasColor blue ⓘ
hasFeature blue ice ⓘ
hydrologicalBasin Pacific Ocean ⓘ
isSourceOf Hoh River ⓘ
length about 2.7 miles ⓘ
about 4.3 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Jefferson County, Washington ⓘ
Olympic Mountains ⓘ
Olympic National Park ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington
locatedOn Mount Olympus (Washington) ⓘ
mountainRange Olympic Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter its blue-colored ice ⓘ
nationalPark Olympic National Park ⓘ
near Hoh Rain Forest ⓘ
notableFor being a major source of the Hoh River ⓘ
striking blue ice ⓘ
partOf Mount Olympus glacier system ⓘ
primaryAspect northwest ⓘ
protectedArea Olympic National Park ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
state Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington
status retreating ⓘ
surfaceFeature crevasses ⓘ
seracs ⓘ
terminusType icefall ⓘ
moraine ⓘ
usedFor climbing access to Mount Olympus ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Olympus (Washington) → hasGlacier → Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains) ⓘ
Hoh Glacier → relatedFeature → Blue Glacier (Mount Olympus) ⓘ
linked to: Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains)
Humes Glacier → near → Blue Glacier (Washington) ⓘ
linked to: Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains)