Kintla Glacier | |
Type: | Mountain glacier |
Map: | USA Montana |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 48.9289°N -114.1986°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Area: | Approximately 280acres in 2005[2] |
Length: | 0.35miles |
Terminus: | Moraine and talus |
Status: | Retreating |
Kintla Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated on a plateau 2miles southwest of Kintla Peak at an elevation between 8700feet and 7700feet above sea level.[3] The glacier has numerous crevasses and is actually two glaciers with a combined area of as of 2005, a 34 percent decrease in area from 1966.[2]