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Vulture Glacier

Glacier in Glacier NP, Rocky Mountains near Polebridge, MT

Vulture Glacier has diminished in area by 27% from 1966 to 2015.

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████████ 408,034 m² (1966)

███████ 336,925 m² (1998)

██████ 329,180 m² (2005)

██████ 296,786 m² (2015)

(source: USGS)

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Vulture Glacier is in Glacier National Park, U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated just south of Vulture Peak at an average elevation of 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level. Between 1966 and 2005, Vulture Glacier lost over 50 percent of its surface area.

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