Tenchen Glacier
| Tenchen Glacier | |
|---|---|
Mountain glacier | |
| Location | Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 57°43′59″N 130°35′06″W / 57.73306°N 130.58500°W[1] |
| Status | Retreating |
Tenchen Glacier is located on the eastern flank of Mount Edziza in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies within an immense cirque whose headwall has breached the eastern side of Mount Edziza's summit crater. At the head of Tenchen Glacier are icefalls that drape down shear, 300-metre-high (980-foot) cliffs from the breached eastern crater rim; permanent ice fills the summit crater.[2] Meltwater from Tenchen Glacier feeds Tenchen Creek which eventually merges with Kakiddi Creek.[3]
The name of the glacier was suggested by the Geological Survey of Canada on November 19, 1979, and eventually became official on November 24, 1980. Tenchen is derived from the Tahltan words ten and chen, which mean ice and dirty respectively. The name of this glacier is a reference to its debris-covered surface.[1]
Geology
The Tenchen cirque is the product of erosion that gradually enlarged an initial scar formed by an
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Tenchen Glacier". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ ISBN 0-660-14407-7.
- ^ "Tenchen Glacier". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2024-03-17.