Ahern Glacier is in
Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of
Montana. The glacier was named after George Patrick Ahern.
Ahern Glacier is situated on a ridge between
Ipasha Peak to the north and
Ahern Peak to the south at an elevation between and above sea level, immediately east of the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
.
Meltwater from the glacier feeds
Ahern Glacier Falls, a waterfall which descends an estimated in one sheer drop to a talus slope below en route to
Helen Lake.
Between 1966 and 2005, Ahern Glacier lost 13 percent of its surface area.
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See also
* List of glaciers in the United States
* Glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)
References
Glaciers of Glacier County, Montana
Glaciers of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Glaciers of Montana
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