Agassiz (disambiguation)
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Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Agassiz may also refer to:
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People
Agassiz is a surname of Arpitan origin. Like many Arpitan anthroponyms, the final -z only marks paroxytonic stress and should not be pronounced. Nevertheless, it is often pronounced in French through hypercorrection.
- Other members of the Agassiz family, including:
- Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907), American educator and naturalist, wife of Louis
- Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), American scientist and engineer, son of Louis and Elizabeth
- Rodolphe L. Agassiz (1871–1933), polo champion, son of Alexander
- Graham Agassiz (born 1990), Canadian mountain biker
Places
North America
- Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric glacial lake
Canada
- Agassiz Ice Cap, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
United States
- Agassiz Glacier (Alaska)
- Agassiz Glacier (Montana)
- Agassiz Peak, in Arizona
- Agassiz Rock, former name of The Monoliths, a park in Massachusetts
- Mount Agassiz (California)
- Mount Agassiz (New Hampshire)
- Mount Agassiz (Utah)
Elsewhere
- Agassiz (crater), on Mars
- Agassiz Glacier (New Zealand)
- Agassiz hill, in Argentina and Chile
- Agassizhorn, in Switzerland
Communities
- Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
- Agassiz station (British Columbia), a railway station
- Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Agassiz Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, U.S.
- Agassiz Wilderness, in Minnesota, US
- Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, US
- Agassiz (electoral district), in Manitoba, Canada
Other uses
- Agassiz Brewing Company, a Canadian brewery named for the prehistoric lake
- Agassiz School, a historic building in Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.
- Agassiz Station, now Oak Ridge Observatory, in Massachusetts, U.S.
- Hotel Agassiz, a historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Template:HMCS, a ship of the Royal Canadian Navy
- Template:USS, a ship of the United States Navy
- USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126), a ship of the United States Coast Guard
See also
- Agassi, a surname
- Gopherus agassizii, the desert tortoise
- Agassiz's perchlet, a fish
- Anolis agassizi, a lizard
- Agassizia, a genus of sea urchin
- Agassiceras, a Lower Jurassic ammonite