Grewingk Glacier
Glacier in Alaska, United States
Grewingk Glacier is a 13-mile-long (21 km) glacier located in the Kenai Mountains, near Kachemak Bay, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at 59°34′51″N 150°57′01″W / 59.58083°N 150.95028°W / 59.58083; -150.95028 and trends northwest to 59°36′11″N 151°07′39″W / 59.60306°N 151.12750°W / 59.60306; -151.12750, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Homer.
It was named in 1880 by W. H. Dall of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Baltic German geologist Constantin Grewingk.[1]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grewingk Glacier
See also
- List of glaciers
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