Glacier National Park

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English: Glacier National Park is a national park in Montana. It was established on May 11, 1910 by an act of the United States Congress. It contains almost 1,584 mi² (4101 km²) of forest, mountains and lakes.

Deutsch: Der Glacier-Nationalpark (USA) befindet sich in Montana und wurde am 11. Mai 1910 eingerichtet. Der Park ist 4.047 km² groß und schützt eine Gebirgs-, Wald-, und Seenlandschaft. Im Norden grenzt auf kanadischer Seite der Waterton-Lakes-Nationalpark an den Park.

日本語: グレイシャー国立公園 (Glacier National Park) は、アメリカ合衆国モンタナ州北部にある国立公園である。ここはアメリカ合衆国議会の承認によって1910年5月11日に設立される

[edit] Maps

Map of Glacier National Park, GIF format

Map of Glacier National Park, PNG format

[edit] Photos

[edit] Overview

Nasa Landsat image of Glacier National Park from space

[edit] Lake McDonald Region

See: Lake McDonald

[edit] Logan Pass Region

Logan Pass with Mount Reynolds	Wildflower at Logan Pass	The north view from the summit of Triple Divide Pass	Hidden Lake
Winter snows at Big Drift	Going-to-the-Sun Road during construction in 1932	Going-to-the-Sun Road with Going to the Sun Mountain	Sperry Chalet
Granite Park Chalet	Bird Woman Falls	Garden Wall	Highline TrailImage:Glacier-park-mountain-goats.jpg
Weeping Wall	along Going-to-the-Sun Road slightly east of Logan Pass	along Going-to-the-Sun Road slightly west of Logan Pass	Mountain goats at Logan Pass
Waterfall under Going-to-the-Sun Road	Summer skiing on the snows of Logan Pass

[edit] St. Mary Lake Region

St. Mary Lake and Wild Goose Island.	St. Mary Lake	Wild Goose Island in Glacier National Park	Between Jackson Glacier Overlook and Sunrift Gorge
Jammer bus at St. Mary Lake.	St. Mary Lake as seen from Sun Point

[edit] Many Glacier Region

Ptarmigan Ridge at sunset.	Grinnell Peak at sunrise.	Grinnell Glacier at Glacier National Park	Chief Mountain
Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park.jpg The Many Glacier Hotel is a huge wooden resort hotel built in a chalet style.	Grinnell Glacier showing retreat since 1850	Swiftcurrent Lake with Mount Wilbur in background.	Iceberg Cirque
Piegan Pass	Piegan Pass	Piegan Pass	Swiftcurrent Lake, at Many Glacier
Grinnell Glacier 1938	Grinnell Glacier 1981, as above, without arrows	Grinnell Glacier 1998	Grinnell Glacier 2005
River flowing from the Iceberg Lake in early summer