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Swiftcurrent Glacier

Glacier in Glacier NP, Rocky Mountains near Lake McDonald Hotel, MT

Swiftcurrent Glacier has diminished in area by 23% from 1966 to 2015.

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Swiftcurrent Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.The glacier is on the east (Glacier County) side of the Continental Divide arête known as the Garden Wall. Swiftcurrent Glacier is one of several glaciers that are being monitored to determine stream flow alterations that occur due to glacial retreat. Compared to other glaciers in Glacier National Park, Swiftcurrent Glacier has experienced relatively slow retreat. As of 2005, the glacier had an area of 55 acres (0.22 km2), a 14 percent reduction since 1966.

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Glacial Area

████████ 221,786 m² (1966)

███████ 188,681 m² (1998)

██████ 176,239 m² (2005)

██████ 170,348 m² (2015)

(source: USGS)

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