Type Mountain glacier Status Retreating | Terminus Barren rock | |
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Area Approximately 62 acres (0.25 km) in 2005 Similar Glacier National Park, Red Eagle Glacier, Herbst Glacier, Chaney Glacier, Old Sun Glacier |
Piegan Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the southeast slope of Piegan Mountain and just below the summit at an elevation between 8,800 and 8,200 ft (2,700 and 2,500 m) above sea level. The glacier covered an area of approximately 62 acres (0.25 km2) in 2005, a 10 percent reduction in its surface area since 1966. Comparing images of the glacier taken in 1930 with those from 1998, indicates that the glacier experienced relatively little change during that period.
Map of Piegan Glacier, Montana 59417, USA
References
Piegan Glacier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA