Agassiz - Namesakes

Namesakes

Various things have been named after members of the Agassiz family:

Landforms
  • Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric glacial lake in North America
    • Agassiz Brewing Company, named for the prehistoric lake
  • Agassiz Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana
  • Agassiz Ice Cap, an ice cap on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
  • Agassiz Peak, second-highest point in Arizona
  • Agassiz Rock, park in Massachusetts containing glacial boulders, named for Louis Agassiz
  • Mount Agassiz (California), in the eastern Sierra
  • Mount Agassiz (Utah), a peak in the Uinta Mountains
Communities
  • Agassiz, British Columbia, a Canadian town
  • Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a neighborhood in the United States
Animals
  • Gopherus agassizii, the Desert Tortoise
  • Agassiz's perchlet, a fish endemic to Australia

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