Rainbow Glacier is located in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

 in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately to the east of Rainbow Peak

Rainbow Peak

Rainbow Peak is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The namesake Rainbow Glacier is immediately east and northeast of Rainbow Peak. Rainbow Peak is the ninth tallest mountain in Glacier National Park and rises over above Bowman Lake....

 at an elevation between 8500 feet (2,590.8 m) and 8000 feet (2,438.4 m) above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately 287 acres (1.2 km²) and has visible crevasses in satellite imagery

Satellite imagery

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. Rainbow Glacier has shown modest retreat compared to other glaciers in Glacier National Park, and lost just over 9 percent of its surface area between 1966 and 2005.

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States
• Glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)
  Glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.)
  There are at least 35 named glaciers in Glacier National Park . In 1850, Glacier had 150 glaciers. There are 25 active glaciers remaining in the park today. Since the ice ages stopped 10,000 years ago, there have been many slight climate shifts causing periods of glacier growth or melt-back...