Type Cirque glacier Terminus Talus | Length .20 miles (.32 km) Status Retreating | |
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Location Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S. Area 93 acres (0.38 km) in 2005 Similar Glacier National Park, Grant Glacier, Boulder Glacier, Herbst Glacier, Red Eagle Glacier | ||
Chaney Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Mount Kipp on the eastern side of the Continental Divide. Chaney Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S. Geological Survey's Glacier Monitoring Research program, which is researching changes to the mass balance of glaciers in and surrounding Glacier National Park. The glacier is being monitored using remote sensing equipment and repeat photography, where images of the glacier are taken from identical locations periodically.
Map of Chaney Glacier, Montana 59417, USA
Since 1911, Chaney glacier has retreated considerably. Between 1966 and 2005, the glacier lost over 29 percent of its surface area. The repeat photographs below document the changes to the glacier from 1911 to 2005.