Alaska Gazetteer
Peters Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Denali Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Peters Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | heads at Peters Basin, trends NE and N to its terminus at the head of Muddy River, Alaska Range |
| History: | "Named by A. H. Brooks in 1902 for William John Peters, 1864-1942, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). topographer and explorer, who was in charge of USGS explorations in Alaska from 1898 to 1901. It was also called ""Hanna Glacier"" for Marcus Alonzo Hanna, U.S. senator of Ohio, ""friend and political warwick of President McKinley, for whom Mount McKinley was named.""" |
| Borough: | Denali Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.0874099731 |
| Longitude: | -151.057296753 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Peters Glacier: Peters Glacier.
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