Swiftcurrent Glacier

Swiftcurrent Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Swiftcurrent Glacier


caption = Swiftcurrent Glacier as seen from Swiftcurrent Pass in 2006
type = cirque glacier
location = Montana, U.S.
coordinates = coord|48|46|03|N|113|44|37|W|type:glacier
area =
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status = retreating

Swiftcurrent Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park (U.S.). The glacier is on the east side of the Continental Divide arête known as the Garden Wall. [cite web| title =Swiftcurrent Glacier, USGS Many Glacier (MT) Topo Map| work =| publisher =TopoQuest| date =| url =http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=48.7673&lon=-113.74347&size=l&u=0&datum=nad27&layer=DRG| format =Map| accessdate = 2008-07-04] As of 2007, Swiftcurrent Glacier is one of several glaciers that are being monitored to determine stream flow alterations that occur due to glacial retreat. [cite web| last = | year = 2007| url = http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/Secondary_Network.htm| title = Monitoring and Assessing Glacier Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic and Ecologic Effects in Glacier National Park | publisher = U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center| accessdate = 2007-11-17]

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