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.Agassiz Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,081 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Yukon, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
60.23255° or 60° 13′ 57″ northLongitude
-140.6542° or 140° 39′ 15″ westElevation
1,081 metres (3,547 feet)Open location code
93GX68MW+28GeoNames ID
5882536
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