Type Hanging glacier Status Retreating | Terminus Cliffs | |
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Location Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S. Area 5 acres (0.020 km) in 2005 Similar Glacier National Park, The Salamander Glacier, Herbst Glacier, Chaney Glacier, Red Eagle Glacier | ||
Gem Glacier is the smallest named glacier in Glacier National Park (U.S.). Located on the east (Glacier County) side of the Continental Divide arête known as the Garden Wall, the glacier is situated on the cliff face above the better known Grinnell Glacier. Gem Glacier is a hanging glacier, and drapes down from the north face of the steep arete to which it is attached. Gem Glacier is only 5 acres (0.020 km2) in area and is far below the 25 acres (0.10 km2) threshold often cited as qualifying as an active glacier. Between 1966 and 2005, Gem Glacier lost 30 percent of its acreage and Grinnell Glacier lost 40 percent.
Map of Gem Glacier, Montana 59417, USA
References
Gem Glacier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA