Agassiz
Agassiz may refer to:
Agassiz family
- Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-U.S. zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist
- Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907), educator; wife of Louis
- Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), U.S. scientist and engineer; son of Louis and Elizabeth
- See also Agassiz family
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
- Agassizhorn, a mountain in Switzerland
- Agassiz (Martian crater), a crater on planet Mars
- 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
Other uses
Of uncertain derivation:
- Agassiceras, an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass
- Agassiz Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, a small town in the USA
- Agassiz Wilderness, a designated wilderness area in Minnesota, USA
- Agassiz (electoral district), an electoral district in Manitoba.
See also
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