Type Mountain glacier Terminus Moraine and talus | Length .30 mi (0.48 km) Status Retreating | |
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Area 59 acres (0.24 km) in 2005 Similar Herbst Glacier, Red Eagle Glacier, Ahern Glacier, Grant Glacier, Chaney Glacier | ||
Dixon Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the north of The Sentinel at an elevation between 8,500 feet (2,600 m) and 7,400 feet (2,300 m) above sea level. Immediately east of the Continental Divide, the glacier is 1 mi (1.6 km) east of Thunderbird Glacier. Dixon Glacier covers an area of approximately 59 acres (0.24 km2) and between 1966 and 2005 lost over 45 percent of its surface area.
Map of Dixon Glacier, Montana 59417, USA
References
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