Agassiz Glacier

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Agassiz Glacier
Agassiz Glacier in 2005
Agassiz Glacier in 2005
Type cirque glacier
Location Montana, U.S.
Coordinates 48°56′09″N, 114°09′45″W
Length .35 miles (.56 km)
Status retreating

Agassiz Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park (U.S.). The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Kintla Peak west of the Continental Divide.[1] Agassiz 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. The glacier is being monitored using remote sensing equipment and repeat photography, where images of the glacier are taken from identical locations periodically. Tree ring samples have also been used previously to determine the extent of glacier retreat.[2]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ USGS Kintla Peak (MT) Topo Map (Map). Topozone. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  2. ^ Monitoring and Assessing Glacier Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic and Ecologic Effects in Glacier National Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.

[edit] See also

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Glaciers of Montana
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