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Thunderbird Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Status
  
Retreating

Terminus
  
Talus

Thunderbird Glacier

Location
  
Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S.

Area
  
Approximately 58 acres (0.23 km) in total including numerous ice patches

Thunderbird Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated on the east side Continental Divide below Thunderbird Mountain at an average elevation of 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level. As of 2005, Thunderbird Glacier consisted of numerous ice patches covering a total of 58 acres (0.23 km2), which is over 33 percent smaller than it was in 1966.

Map of Thunderbird Glacier, Montana 59417, USA

References

Thunderbird Glacier Wikipedia