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Hudson Glacier is located in the US 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 Columbi ...
in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the 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 ...
at an elevation between and above sea level. A half-mile south of
Lake Nooney Lake Nooney is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. The lake is east of Mount Custer and west of Lake Wurdeman. The Herbst Glacier is located above the lake to the northwest. Rock flour (silt) from melting glaciers ma ...
and
Lake Wurdeman Lake Wurdeman is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. The lake is northwest of Chapman Peak and east of Lake Nooney. See also *List of lakes in Glacier County, Montana There are at least 118 named lakes and rese ...
, Hudson Glacier covers an area of approximately and does not meet the threshold of often cited as being the minimum size to qualify as an active glacier. Between 1966 and 2005, the glacier lost more than 66 percent of its acreage.


See also

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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 ...
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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 {{GlacierCountyMT-geo-stub