Glacier (disambiguation)
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Glacier may refer to:
- GlacierGlacierA 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...
, a geological formation of ice - Glacier, WashingtonGlacier, WashingtonGlacier is a census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 211 at the 2010 census.Based on per capita income, Glacier ranks 522nd of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked. Glacier is hoping to change this with the opening of the Glacier...
, a census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington - Glacier (band)Glacier (band)Glacier is a visual kei rock band from Okinawa, Japan. Makoto, Nao and Aki have been friends since they were elementary schoolchildren. The three members started the band in Okinawa...
, a Japanese rock band - Ring name of professional wrestler Ray LloydRay LloydRaymond M. Lloyd is an American martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s under the ring name Glacier.-Early life:...
- Glacier BayGlacier BayGlacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925 and which was later, on Dec...
, located in southeastern Alaska - Glacier County, MontanaGlacier County, Montana-National protected areas:* Glacier National Park * Lewis and Clark National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 13,247 people, 4,304 households, and 3,245 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There were 5,243 housing units...
, in northwestern Montana, adjacent to the U.S.-Canada border - Glacier View, AlaskaGlacier View, AlaskaGlacier View is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, a census-designated place in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough - Quad Glacier, a larger and more powerful version of the Mooninites' quad laser attack
- USS GlacierUSS GlacierUSS Glacier may refer to:, launched as SS Port Chalmers 22.7.1891; purchased, commissioned, renamed Delmonico in 1898 and then Glacier in the same year ; decommissioned and sold in 1922...
, a former Icebreaker of the United States Navy and Coast Guard (AGB-4 and WAGB-4) - Glacier, British ColumbiaGlacier, British ColumbiaGlacier is a railway whistlestop and locality near the summit of the Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park in British Columbia, Canada. Just east of the still-existing Canadian Pacific Railway station at Glacier is the current summit of the railway...
, an unincorporated settlement in the Rogers PassRogers PassRogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east...
, British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Glacier PassGlacier PassGlacier Pass is a mountain pass on northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Quttinirpaaq National Park on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island....
, a pass on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada - Glacier PikesGlacier PikesGlacier Pikes is a Lava dome, located in the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, British Columbia, Canada. The dome has two rocky points at the southern end of the Sentinel Glacier Neve.-See also:*List of volcanoes in Canada*Volcanism of Canada...
, a volcano in British Columbia - Glacier PeakGlacier PeakGlacier Peak is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in Washington...
, a mountain in the North Cascades of Washington, United States - Glacier Peak (Canadian Rockies)Glacier Peak (Canadian Rockies)Glacier Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1894 by Samuel E.S. Allen.-See also:* List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border* Mountains of Alberta* Mountains of British Columbia...
, a mountain on the Alberta-British Columbia border in Kootenay National Park, Canada
See also
- Glacial periodGlacial periodA glacial period is an interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate within an ice age...
- Glacial (short story)
- Glacier National Park (Canada)Glacier National Park (Canada)Glacier National Park is one of seven national parks in British Columbia, and is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada. It protects a portion of the Columbia Mountains. It also contains the Rogers Pass National Historic Site, designated for its importance in the construction...
in British Columbia, Canada - Glacier National Park (U.S.) in Montana, United States
- Ice ageIce ageAn ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...