Sunrise Glacier
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Sunrise Glacier is located in the U.S. state
of Montana
. The glacier is situated in the Mission Mountains
at an elevation of 8800 feet (2,682.2 m) above sea level and is east of Mount Shoemaker. The glacier covers approximately 35 acre (0.1416401 km²).
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,...
. The glacier is situated in the Mission Mountains
Mission Mountains
The Mission Mountains or Mission Range are a range of the Rocky Mountains located in northwestern Montana in the United States. They lie chiefly in Lake County and Missoula County and are south and east of Flathead Lake and west of the Swan Range...
at an elevation of 8800 feet (2,682.2 m) above sea level and is east of Mount Shoemaker. The glacier covers approximately 35 acre (0.1416401 km²).