Alaska Gazetteer
Ferebee Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Ferebee Glacier places it within the 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Ferebee Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | heads at 594500N1354000W, trends SE 9 mi. to its terminus, 4.4 mi. W of Parsons Peak and 9 mi. NW of Skagway; Coast Mts. |
| History: | "named by the U.S. Navy in 1880 for surgeon Nelson MacPherson Ferebee, U.S. Navy (USN), who visited the region in 1880. published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 200). to Krause (1883, map), the Tlingit Indian name is ""Dejahssankessit.""" |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.5448265076 |
| Longitude: | -135.619140625 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ferebee Glacier: Ferebee Glacier.
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