Downer Glacier

Downer Glacier: Downer Glacier

Type glacier

Location Kora Keen Range, Alaska, U.S.

Coordinates 61°16′26″N 147°36′47″W / 61.27389°N 147.61306°W / 61.27389; -147.61306Coordinates: 61°16′26″N 147°36′47″W / 61.27389°N 147.61306°W / 61.27389; -147.61306

Length 4.5 miles (7.2 km)

Terminus 3461 ft (1055 m)

Downer Glacier is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Trends west with a length of 2.6 mi (4.2 km), in Kora Keen Range, 46 mi (74 km) northwest of Valdez. It was named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin for the Milwaukee-Downer College for Women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]

See also

List of glaciers

Cited references

^ "Downer Glacier". USGS National Mapping information. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1401383. Retrieved 2008-06-23.

Categories:
Glaciers of Alaska
Landforms of Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska
Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska geography stubs

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