Chaney Glacier

Chaney Glacier
Researchers traverse Chaney Glacier in 2004
Type	cirque glacier
Location	Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, USA
Coordinates	48°51′06″N 113°49′48″W / 48.85167°N 113.83°W / 48.85167; -113.83Coordinates: 48°51′06″N 113°49′48″W / 48.85167°N 113.83°W / 48.85167; -113.83[1]
Area	93 acres (0.38 km2) in 2005[2]
Length	.20 miles (.32 km)
Terminus	Talus
Status	Retreating

Chaney Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park (U.S.). The glacier is situated in a cirque to the northeast of Mount Kipp on the eastern side (Glacier County) of the Continental Divide.^[3] Chaney 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. The glacier is being monitored using remote sensing equipment and repeat photography, where images of the glacier are taken from identical locations periodically.^[4]

Since 1911, Chaney glacier has retreated considerably. Between 1966 and 2005, the glacier lost over 29 percent of its surface area.^[2] The repeat photographs below document the changes to the glacier from 1911 to 2005.

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  Chaney Glacier in 1911

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  Chaney glacier in 2005

Cited references

1. ^ "Chaney Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:769754. 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 2010-10-24. 
3. ^ "Chaney Glacier, USGS Ahern Pass (MT) Topo Map" (Map). TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.85164&lon=-113.83012&datum=nad83&zoom=4. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
4. ^ "Monitoring and Assessing Glacier Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic and Ecologic Effects in Glacier National Park". U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center. 2007. http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/Secondary_Network.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 

See also

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