Bacon Peak
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Bacon Peak is a mountain in the Cascade range
Cascade Range
The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Washington. Its glacier
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

s cover 3.2 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi); the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier (south-east, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) wide), Green Lake Glacier (north-east, 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) wide), and an unnamed glacier (north-west, 1.4 kilometre (0.869921831309729 mi) long).

Nearby peaks

  • Electric Butte
  • Mount Watson
  • Logger Butte
  • Canadian Bacon
    Canadian Bacon (mountain)
    Canadian Bacon is a peak in the Cascade range in Washington state. This summit, in North Cascades National Park, has not been officially named by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. It is located east of Bacon Peak.-Nearby peaks:* Electric Butte...

  • Mount Despair
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