Vulture Glacier (Alberta)

Coordinates: 51°37′36″N 116°32′12″W / 51.62667°N 116.53667°W / 51.62667; -116.53667
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Vulture Glacier
Map showing the location of Vulture Glacier
Map showing the location of Vulture Glacier
Vulture Glacier
Map showing the location of Vulture Glacier
Map showing the location of Vulture Glacier
Vulture Glacier
Map showing the location of Vulture Glacier
Map showing the location of Vulture Glacier
Vulture Glacier
LocationAlberta, Canada
Coordinates51°37′36″N 116°32′12″W / 51.62667°N 116.53667°W / 51.62667; -116.53667
Area4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi)
StatusReceding
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Vulture Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, northwest of Lake Louise, and can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway. Vulture Glacier is an outflow glacier from the Wapta Icefield, which rests along the Continental Divide. The glacier had an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) in the 1980s, however, all of the glaciers in the Canadian Rockies have been retreating steadily since the middle of the 19th century.

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  • Summitpost.org. "Vulture Glacier". Retrieved 2006-07-03.
  • Ommanney, C. Simon L. "Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies" (PDF). Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World. U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2006-07-04.