Agassiz Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. Repeat photography 1913 - 2007.
Glaciers of Glacier National Park Repeat Photography
Dates
Date Taken
1913-08-05
Date Taken
2007-08-24
Summary
Upper photo caption - album and index card: Glacier National Park, Montana. Kintla Peak (10100 A.T.) and Agassiz Glacier seen from northeast from a point about 1 mile north of Pocket Lake. The narrow tongue of the glacier is cascading and much crevassed. There is a fine terminal moraine a short distance in front of the ice margin of the tongue and along the margin to the right. The peak is of Kintla argillite. August 5, 1913, WC Alden photo, USGS Photographic Library. Lower photo summary: Agassiz Glacier photo taken from Boulder Pass, near campground. Glacier National Park, Montana. August 24, 2007. Photo by Dan Fagre, USGS. Photo Point latitude: 48.96119 Photo Point longitude: -114.103113 FYI: lat/longs may be pasted to the search [...]
Summary
Upper photo caption - album and index card: Glacier National Park, Montana. Kintla Peak (10100 A.T.) and Agassiz Glacier seen from northeast from a point about 1 mile north of Pocket Lake. The narrow tongue of the glacier is cascading and much crevassed. There is a fine terminal moraine a short distance in front of the ice margin of the tongue and along the margin to the right. The peak is of Kintla argillite. August 5, 1913, WC Alden photo, USGS Photographic Library.
Lower photo summary: Agassiz Glacier photo taken from Boulder Pass, near campground. Glacier National Park, Montana. August 24, 2007. Photo by Dan Fagre, USGS.
Photo Point latitude: 48.96119
Photo Point longitude: -114.103113 FYI:lat/longs may be pasted to the search bar in Google Earth to find the location.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Glacier National Park digital collection, 2018 DENPH0011.
Rights
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