Red Eagle Glacier | |
Type: | Glacieret |
Location: | Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S. |
Map: | USA Montana |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 48.5925°N -113.6192°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Area: | 24acres in 2005[2] |
Terminus: | Talus |
Status: | Retreating |
Red Eagle Glacier is a glacier remnant (glacieret) in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacieret is a hanging glacier located on the north slope of Clyde Peak, and to the southeast of Mount Logan and Logan Glacier.[3] Between 1966 and 2005, Red Eagle Glacier lost 53 percent of its surface area and now covers less than 25acres which is below the threshold to qualify as an active glacier.[2] Comparing images of the glacier taken in 1914 with those from 2009, indicates that the glacier has experienced extensive retreat.[4]