Dixon Glacier | |
Type: | Mountain glacier |
Map: | USA Montana |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 48.9289°N -114.0156°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Area: | 59acres in 2005[2] |
Length: | 0.3miles |
Terminus: | Moraine and talus |
Status: | Retreating |
Dixon Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the north of The Sentinel at an elevation between 8500feet and 7400feet above sea level. Immediately east of the Continental Divide, the glacier is 1miles east of Thunderbird Glacier.[3] Dixon Glacier covers an area of approximately 59acres and between 1966 and 2005 lost over 45 percent of its surface area.[2]