Baird Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Petersburg Borough Borough.
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Feature Name: | Baird Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | 22 miles long in 1961. Heads near Alaska-Canada boundary, at 571500N1321500W, trends SW to its 1961 terminus, 1.5 mi. N of Thomas Bay and 100 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. |
History: | Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1823-87, pioneer American naturalist noted for his studies of North American birds while Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1850-87, and U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 1871-87. |
Borough: | Petersburg Borough Borough |
Latitude: | 57.210723877 |
Longitude: | -132.451202393 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Baird Glacier: Baird Glacier.
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