Alaska Gazetteer
Demorest Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Demorest Glacier places it within the 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Demorest Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | In the Coast Mountains, heading approximately at the Canada-United States international boundary and trending SSW to Taku Glacier, 3 mi WNW of Hodgkins Peak and 25 mi NE of Juneau. 14 miles long. |
| History: | Named in 1953 by personnel of the Juneau Icefield Research Project for Max Harrison Demorest (1910-1942), assistant professor of geology at the University of North Dakota and Sterling Fellow at Yale in 1939. He was killed in 1942 as a lieutenant in the USDF while on the Greenland Ice Sheet attempting to rescue personnel from a downed military aircraft. |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.688709259 |
| Longitude: | -134.075088501 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Demorest Glacier: Demorest Glacier.
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