Alaska Gazetteer
Rasmuson Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Rasmuson Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | Heads on the north slope of Mount Rasmuson, trends north then southeast to end 1.6 km (1 mile) west of Russell Fiord, 34 km (21 miles) northeast of Yakutat. |
| History: | Named in 1905 for Edward A Rasmuson (1882-1949), teacher at the government school at Yakutat and missionary of the SwedishEvangelical Mission Covenant of America. (US-T121) It was called Rasmussen Glacier by RS Tarr and Lawrence Martin (1914, p165). (AK-T1) |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.7355995178 |
| Longitude: | -139.413208008 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rasmuson Glacier: Rasmuson Glacier.
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