| Stanton Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Great Northern Mountain and Stanton Glacier (2009) | |
  Stanton Glacier Location in Montana | |
| Type | Cirque glacier |
| Location | Flathead County, Montana, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 48°20′13″N 113°46′29″W / 48.33694°N 113.77472°W[1] |
| Length | .20 miles (0.32 km) |
| Status | Retreating |
Stanton Glacier is a glacier in Flathead National Forest in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the northeast slope of Great Northern Mountain (8,705 ft (2,653 m)).[2] Stanton Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S. Geological Survey's Glacier Monitoring Research program, which is researching changes to the mass balance of glaciers in and surrounding Glacier National Park (U.S.).[3] Stanton Glacier is 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Grant Glacier.
- ^ "Stanton Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ Mount Grant, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Monitoring and Assessing Glacier Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic and Ecologic Effects in Glacier National Park". Secondary Glacier Network. United States Geological Survey. August 2011. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2012.