Stanton Glacier

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Stanton Glacier
Type cirque glacier
Location Montana, U.S.
Coordinates 48°20′11″N, 113°46′22″W
Length .20 miles (.32 km)
Status retreating

Stanton Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Flathead National Forest. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the northeast slope of Great Northern Mountain.[1] 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.).[2] Stanton Glacier is immediately north of Grant Glacier.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Stanton Glacier, USGS Mount Grant (MT) Topo Map (Map). Topozone. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  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 2008-01-08.

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Glaciers of Montana
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