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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,061 feet
- Description: valley glacier in the Saint Elias Mountains in southern Alaska (USA) and to a lesser extent on to Canadian territory
- Also known as: “Agassiz”
Agassiz Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Yakutat, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
60.18611° or 60° 11′ 10″ north
Longitude
-140.74194° or 140° 44′ 31″ west
Elevation
3,061 feet (933 metres)
Open location code
93GX57P5+C6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Agassiz Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Agassiz Glacier”
- French: “glacier Agassiz”
- French: “Glacier Agassiz”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio Agassiz”
- Swedish: “Agassiz Glacier”
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