Piegan Glacier | |
Type: | Mountain glacier |
Location: | Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S. |
Map: | USA Montana |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 48.7081°N -113.6839°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Area: | Approximately 62acres in 2005[2] |
Terminus: | Barren rock |
Status: | Retreating |
Piegan Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the southeast slope of Piegan Mountain and just below the summit at an elevation between 8800feetand8200feetft (andft) above sea level.[3] The glacier covered an area of approximately 62acres in 2005, a 10 percent reduction in its surface area since 1966.[2] Comparing images of the glacier taken in 1930 with those from 1998, indicates that the glacier experienced relatively little change during that period.[4]