Tags: Glacier.
The Wilson Glacier is a medium-sized tributary glacier located on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after A.D. Wilson who was part of an early ascent of Mount Rainier the body of ice has an area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) and has a volume of 1.9 billion feet3 (54 million m3). The glacier is directly feeds ice to the adjacent but much larger Nisqually Glacier. Starting from the head at 9700 feet (3000 m) the glacier flows downhill southward.
