The Carter Glaciers are in
Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
. The glaciers are situated along a ridge immediately to the east of the
Continental Divide, mainly below an unnamed peak which rises to . The glaciers cover an area of approximately at an elevation between and above sea level.
The Carter Glaciers consist of between three and four separate small glacial remnants (glacierets), none of which meet the threshold of often cited as being the minimum size to qualify as an active glacier.
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See also
* List of glaciers in the United States
This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier ...
* Glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)
There are at least 35 named glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.). At the end of the Little Ice Age about 1850, the area containing the national park had 150 glaciers. There are 25 active glaciers remaining in the park as of 2022. Since the l ...
References
Glaciers of Glacier County, Montana
Glaciers of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Glaciers of Montana
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