Miche Wabun Glacier

Miche Wabun Glacier
Type	Glacieret
Location	Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, USA
Coordinates	48°56′51″N 113°50′03″W / 48.9475°N 113.83417°W / 48.9475; -113.83417Coordinates: 48°56′51″N 113°50′03″W / 48.9475°N 113.83417°W / 48.9475; -113.83417[1]
Area	Less than 25 acres (0.10 km2) in 2010[2]
Terminus	Talus
Status	Retreating

Miche Wabun Glacier is a glacier remnant (glacieret) located in the U.S. state of Montana in the northeastern region of Glacier National Park. The glacieret is situated in a cirque to the east of Goat Haunt Mountain.^[3] Miche Wabun Glacier was measured in 2009 to have retreated to less than 25 acres (0.10 km²) in area, considered to be a minimal size to qualify as being considered an active glacier.^[4] Between 1966 and 2005, the glacier lost over 55 percent of its surface area.^[2]

Cited references

1. ^ "Miche Wabun Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:774127. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Retreat of Glaciers in Glacier National Park" (pdf). United States Geological Survey. 2010. http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/files/norock/products/GlacierRecession_infosheet2010_SRC_040910.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-23. 
3. ^ "Miche Wabun Glacier" (Map). http://www.mytopo.com/maps.cfm?mtlat=48.9469&mtlon=-113.8321&z=14. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
4. ^ Brown, Matthew (April 7, 2010). "Glacier National Park loses two more glaciers". USA Today (Billings, Montana). http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-04-07-glacier-national-park_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-03. 

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States
• Glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)