Swiftcurrent Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier in Montana, United States}}

File:Swiftcurrent Glacier, 1911.jpg

File:Swiftcurrent Glacier, 1998.png

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Swiftcurrent Glacier

| photo = Swiftcurrent Glacier GNP.jpg

| photo_caption = Swiftcurrent Glacier in September 2019

| type = Cirque glacier

| location = Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, U.S.

| map = USA Montana

| map_caption = Location in Montana

| label_position = right

| map_size = 225

| coordinates = {{coord|48|46|07|N|113|44|50|W|region:US-MT|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=777377|name=Swiftcurrent Glacier|accessdate=2012-09-01}}

| area = {{convert|55.233|acre|sqm|abbr=on}}in 2005{{cite web|title=Retreat of Glaciers in Glacier National Park|url=http://nrmsc.usgs.gov/files/norock/products/GlacierRecession_infosheet2010_SRC_040910.pdf|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-09-01|year=2010}}

| length =

| thickness =

| terminus =

| status = Retreating

}}

Swiftcurrent Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.The glacier is on the east (Glacier County) side of the Continental Divide arête known as the Garden Wall.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Many Glacier, MT|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.76860&lon=-113.74710&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=2012-09-01}} Swiftcurrent Glacier is one of several glaciers that are being monitored to determine stream flow alterations that occur due to glacial retreat.{{cite web|title=Monitoring and Assessing Glacier Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic and Ecologic Effects in Glacier National Park|url=http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/Secondary_Network.htm|work=Secondary Glacier Network|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2012-09-01|date=August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217124022/http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/Secondary_Network.htm|archive-date=December 17, 2007|df=mdy-all}} Compared to other glaciers in Glacier National Park, Swiftcurrent Glacier has experienced relatively slow retreat. As of 2005, the glacier had an area of {{convert|55|acre|km2}}, a 14 percent reduction since 1966.