Stanton Glacier Explained

Stanton Glacier
Type:	Cirque glacier
Location:	Flathead County, Montana, U.S.
Map:	USA Montana
Label Position:	right
Map Size:	225
Coordinates:	48.3369°N -113.7747°W
Coordinates Ref:	^[1]
Length:	0.2miles
Status:	Retreating

Stanton Glacier is a glacier in Flathead National Forest in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the northeast slope of Great Northern Mountain (8705feet).^[2] Stanton Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S. Geological Survey's Glacier Monitoring Research program, which is researching changes to the mass balance of glaciers in and surrounding Glacier National Park (U.S.).^[3] Stanton Glacier is northwest of Grant Glacier.

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States

Notes and References

1. 791433. Stanton Glacier. 2012-09-01.
2. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Grant, MT. 2012-09-01.
3. Web site: Monitoring and Assessing Glacier Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic and Ecologic Effects in Glacier National Park. Secondary Glacier Network. United States Geological Survey. 2012-09-01. August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071217124022/http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/Secondary_Network.htm. December 17, 2007. mdy-all.