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Middle Palisade Glacier
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Map showing the location of Middle Palisade Glacier
Map showing the location of Middle Palisade Glacier
Middle Palisade Glacier
Location in California
Type Mountain glacier
Location Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, California, U.S.
Coordinates 37°04′16″N 118°27′52″W / 37.07111°N 118.46444°W / 37.07111; -118.46444
Length .20 mi (0.32 km)
Terminus Talus
Status Retreating

Middle Palisade Glacier consists of two glaciers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the U.S. state of California. Less than .25-mile (0.40 km) southeast of Norman Clyde Glacier and situated at an altitude of 12,700 feet (3,900 m), Middle Palisade Glacier is in the John Muir Wilderness of Inyo National Forest. 14,012-foot (4,271 m) Middle Palisade is immediately west of the glacier.

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