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Agassiz Glacier is in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is named after Louis Agassiz a Swiss-American glaciologist. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Kintla Peak west of the Continental Divide. Agassiz Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Glacier Monitoring Research program which is researching changes to the mass balance of glaciers in and surrounding Glacier National Park.
