Peters Glacier (Brooks Range)

Peters Glacier
Location North Slope Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates 69°16′51″N 144°57′23″W / 69.28083°N 144.95639°W / 69.28083; -144.95639Coordinates: 69°16′51″N 144°57′23″W / 69.28083°N 144.95639°W / 69.28083; -144.95639
Status unknown

Peters Glacier is a glacier in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier is on the west side of 8,901-foot (2,713 m) Mount Chamberlin, one of the tallest mountains in the eastern end of the Brooks Range. The glacier was named in 1959 by the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Center for nearby Lake Peters.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Peters Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
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