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Dixon Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Terminus
  
Moraine and talus

Length
  
.30 mi (0.48 km)

Status
  
Retreating

Dixon Glacier

Location
  
Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S.

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

Dixon Glacier Wikipedia