Type Cirque glacier Status Retreating | Length .20 miles (0.32 km) | |
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Location Flathead County, Montana, U.S. Similar Red Eagle Glacier, Herbst Glacier, Grant Glacier, Old Sun Glacier, Chaney Glacier | ||
Stanton Glacier is in Flathead National Forest in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the northeast slope of Great Northern Mountain (8,705 ft (2,653 m)). Stanton Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S. Geological Survey's Glacier Monitoring Research program, which is researching changes to the mass balance of glaciers in and surrounding Glacier National Park (U.S.). Stanton Glacier is 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Grant Glacier.
Map of Stanton Glacier, Montana 59919, USA
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