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Pumpelly Glacier
Map showing the location of Pumpelly Glacier
Map showing the location of Pumpelly Glacier
Pumpelly Glacier
Location in Montana
Type Mountain glacier
Location Glacier National Park, Flathead County, Montana, United States
Coordinates 48°35′00″N 113°39′33″W / 48.58333°N 113.65917°W / 48.58333; -113.65917
Area Pumpelly and Pumpkin Glaciers combined cover 310 acres (1.3 km2) in 2005
Length .50 mi (0.80 km)
Terminus Barren rock
Status Retreating

Pumpelly Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated immediately northeast of Blackfoot Mountain at an elevation between 8,500 and 8,000 ft (2,600 and 2,400 m) above sea level. Pumpelly Glacier is just west of the Continental Divide and adjacent to Pumpkin Glacier, the two glaciers separated by crevasses. The glacier was named after Raphael Pumpelly who had first sighted the glacier in 1883. Pumpelly and Pumpkin Glaciers cover 310 acres (1.3 km2) as of 2005, a 15 percent reduction in area since 1966.

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