Whitecrow Glacier is in
Glacier National Park, 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 Columbi ...
. The glacier is situated immediately east of
Mount Cleveland Mount Cleveland may refer to the following places:
Australia
* Mount Cleveland, on Cape Cleveland, Queensland
USA
* Mount Cleveland (Alaska), or Cleveland Volcano, on Chuginadak Island, Alaska
* Mount Cleveland, Skagway, Alaska, near Mount Carmack ...
at an average elevation of above sea level. Whitecrow Glacier is in a
cirque
A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...
and consists of numerous ice patches, covering a combined surface area of .
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References
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 ...
Glaciers of Glacier County, Montana
Glaciers of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Glaciers of Montana
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