Vulture Glacier
Vulture Glacier is in Glacier National Park, U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated just south of Vulture Peak at an average elevation of 8,412 feet above sea level. Between 1966 and 2005, Vulture Glacier lost over 50 percent of its surface area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vulture Peak and Logging Mountain.
Vulture Peak
Peak
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Vulture Peak is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The Vulture Glacier is located on the southern flanks of the mountain, while the Two Ocean Glacier is immediately to the north.
Logging Mountain
Peak
Logging Mountain is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Logging Mountain rises more than 4,700 feet above Logging Lake. Logging Mountain is situated 1½ miles southwest of Vulture Glacier.
Nahsukin Mountain
Peak
Nahsukin Mountain is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Nahsukin Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide. "Nahsukin" is Kootenai for "chief". Nahsukin Mountain is situated 2 miles northeast of Vulture Glacier.
Vulture Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 8,494 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Flathead, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Vulture Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vulture Glacier”
- Hebrew: “קרחון ואלטשר”
- Hebrew: “קרחון ולטשר”
- Japanese: “バルチャー氷河”
- Swedish: “Vulture Glacier, Montana”
- Swedish: “Vulture Glacier”
- Urdu: “ولچر گلیشیر”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Two Ocean Glacier and Gyrfalcon Lake.
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