Sexton Glacier | |
Type: | Mountain glacier |
Location: | Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S. |
Map: | USA Montana |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 48.7017°N -113.635°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Area: | Approximately 68acres in 2005[2] |
Terminus: | Barren rock |
Status: | Retreating |
Sexton Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque north of Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and on the southeast slope of Matahpi Peak at an elevation between 8000feet and 7000feet above sea level.[3] The glacier covers an area of approximately 68acres and lost over 30 percent of its surface area between 1966 and 2005.[2]