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Harris Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Status
  
Retreating

Terminus
  
Moraine and talus

Harris Glacier

Location
  
Glacier National Park, Flathead County, Montana, United States

Area
  
Approximately 8 acres (3.2 ha) in 2005

Harris Glacier is located in the US state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the northeast of Parke Peak at an elevation between 7,000 ft (2,100 m) and 6,600 ft (2,000 m) above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately 8 acres (0.032 km2) and does not meet the threshold of 25 acres (0.10 km2) often cited as being the minimum size to qualify as an active glacier. Between 1966 and 2005, the glacier lost 77 percent of its acreage.

Map of Harris Glacier, Montana 59928, USA

References

Harris Glacier Wikipedia