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Agassiz Glacier
Agassiz Glacier in 2005
Type	cirque glacier
Location	Glacier National Park, Flathead County, Montana, USA
Coordinates	48°55′58″N 114°09′34″W / 48.93278°N 114.15944°W / 48.93278; -114.15944
Area	256 acres (1.04 km) in 2005
Length	.35 miles (.56 km)
Terminus	Bare rock
Status	Retreating

Agassiz Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park (U.S.). It is named after Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-American glaciologist. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Kintla Peak west of the Continental Divide. Agassiz 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. Tree ring samples have also been used previously to determine the extent of glacier retreat. Between 1966 and 2005, Agassiz Glacier lost a third of its surface area.

Cited references

1. "Agassiz Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
2. ^ "Retreat of Glaciers in Glacier National Park" (pdf). United States Geological Survey. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
3. "USGS Kintla Peak (MT) Topo Map" (Map). TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
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. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

See also

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

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