Agassiz Glacier
Agassiz Glacier is a valley glacier in the Saint Elias Mountains in southern Alaska and to a lesser extent on to Canadian territory. The glacier was named by William Libbey, a member of The New York Times expedition in 1886, after Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-American naturalist.
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Latitude
60.18611° or 60° 11′ 10″ north
Longitude
-140.74194° or 140° 44′ 31″ west
Open location code
93GX57P5+C6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Agassiz Glacier” goes by many names.
Agassiz GlacierCebuano
AgassizItalian
ghiacciaio AgassizItalian
Agassiz GlacierSwedish
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