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Weasel Collar Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Status
  
Retreating

Terminus
  
Barren rock

Weasel Collar Glacier

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

Area
  
Approximately 136 acres (0.55 km) in 2005

Weasel Collar Glacier is in Glacier National Park, U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated immediately east of Mount Carter at an average elevation of 7,500 feet (2,300 m) above sea level. The glacier is in a cirque and the terminus faces to the north. Between 1966 and 2005, Weasel Collar Glacier had the least amount of glacial ice lost of any glacier in Glacier National Park, losing only 6.7 percent of its surface area.

Map of Weasel Collar Glacier, Montana 59936, USA

References

Weasel Collar Glacier Wikipedia