Downer Glacier

Downer Glacier
Map showing the location of Downer Glacier
Map showing the location of Downer Glacier
Downer Glacier
Interactive map of Downer Glacier
Typeglacier
LocationKora Keen Range, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates61°16′26″N 147°36′47″W / 61.27389°N 147.61306°W / 61.27389; -147.61306
Length4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Terminus3,461 ft (1,055 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

References

  1. ^ "Downer Glacier". USGS National Mapping information. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-06-23.


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