Type Mountain glacier Terminus Moraine and talus | Length .35 mi (0.56 km) Status Retreating | |
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Area Approximately 280 acres (1.1 km) in 2005 | ||
Kintla Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated on a plateau 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Kintla Peak at an elevation between 8,700 feet (2,700 m) and 7,700 feet (2,300 m) above sea level. The glacier has numerous crevasses and is actually two glaciers with a combined area of 280 acres (110 ha) as of 2005. This is a 34 percent decrease in area from 1966.
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