page_title: Swiftcurrent Glacier
hierarchical_section_title: Swiftcurrent Glacier
caption_attribution_description: English: Swiftcurrent Glacier as seen from Swiftcurrent Pass
context_page_description: Swiftcurrent Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.The glacier is on the east side of the Continental Divide arête known as the Garden Wall. Swiftcurrent Glacier is one of several glaciers that are being monitored to determine stream flow alterations that occur due to glacial retreat. Compared to other glaciers in Glacier National Park, Swiftcurrent Glacier has experienced relatively slow retreat. As of 2005, the glacier had an area of 55 acres, a 14 percent reduction since 1966.
context_section_description: 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. Swiftcurrent Glacier is one of several glaciers that are being monitored to determine stream flow alterations that occur due to glacial retreat.  Compared to other glaciers in Glacier National Park, Swiftcurrent Glacier has experienced relatively slow retreat. As of 2005, the glacier had an area of 55 acres (0.22 km²), a 14 percent reduction since 1966.
caption: Swiftcurrent Glacier as seen from Swiftcurrent Pass in 2006
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