Agassiz glacier
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.jpg) The Agassiz Glacier is the white valley glacier on the left in the picture that flows towards the Malaspina Glacier. |
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| location | Alaska (USA), Yukon (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Elias chain | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 25 km | |
| Exposure | Southeast | |
| Altitude range | 1300 m - | |
| width | ⌀ 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 11 ′ N , 140 ° 48 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Malaspina Glacier → Gulf of Alaska | |
.jpg) Agassiz Glacier (colored white); in the foreground the Libbey Glacier and the Agassiz Lakes |
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The Agassiz Glacier is a valley glacier in the Elias chain in the south of Alaska ( USA ) and in small parts on Canadian territory.
It was named by William Libbey , a participant in the New York Times Expedition in 1886, after Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), a Swiss-American naturalist.
geography
The nutrient area of the Agassiz Glacier is located on the southern flank of Mount Malaspina north of the border on Canadian territory. The 25 km long glacier is fed by the Newton Glacier . The glacier is three kilometers wide, initially flowing in a south-westerly direction and later in a south-easterly direction. From the west, the Libbey Glacier meets the Agassiz Glacier. This eventually merges into the Malaspina glacier , which finally flows into the Gulf of Alaska .
