Chaney Glacier

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Chaney Glacier
Researchers traverse Chaney Glacier in 2004
Researchers traverse Chaney Glacier in 2004
Type cirque glacier
Location Montana, U.S.
Coordinates 48°51′06″N, 113°49′48″W
Length .20 miles (.32 km)
Status retreating

Chaney 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 northeast of Mount Kipp on the eastern side of the Continental Divide.[1] Chaney 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.[2]

Since 1911, Chaney glacier has retreated considerably. The repeat photographs below document the changes to the glacier from 1911 to 2005.

Chaney Glacier in 1911

Chaney glacier in 2005

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Chaney Glacier, USGS Ahern Pass (MT) Topo Map (Map). TopoQuest. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
  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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