Agassiz (disambiguation)

Agassiz may refer to:

• Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-U.S. zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist

Other persons

• Other members of the Agassiz family, including:
  • Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907), educator; wife of Louis
  • Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), U.S. scientist and engineer; son of Louis and Elizabeth
  • Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841 – 1917) U.S. philanthropist, social reformer and namesake of Pauline Agassiz Shaw Elementary School in Boston; daughter of Louis

See also:

• Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 – 1927 ), U.S. ornithologist, illustrator and artist

Namesakes

Various things have been named after Louis Agassiz:

Landforms

• Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric glacial lake in North America
  • Agassiz Brewing Company, named for the prehistoric lake
• Agassiz Glacier (Alaska), Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
• Agassiz Glacier (Montana), Glacier National Park, Montana
• Agassiz Ice Cap, an ice cap on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Agassiz Peak, second-highest point in Arizona
• Agassiz Rock, park in Massachusetts containing glacial boulders, named for Louis Agassiz
• Mount Agassiz (California), in the eastern Sierra
• Mount Agassiz (Utah), a peak in the Uinta Mountains
• Agassizhorn, a mountain in Switzerland
• Agassiz (crater), a crater on planet Mars

Communities

• Agassiz, British Columbia, a Canadian town
• Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a neighborhood in the United States

Animals

• Gopherus agassizii, the desert tortoise
• Agassiz's perchlet, a fish endemic to Australia
• Anolis agassizi, lizard named for Alexander Agassiz

Of unverified derivation

• Agassiceras, an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea
• Agassiz Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, a small town in the US
• Agassiz Wilderness, a designated wilderness area in Minnesota, US
• Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, US
• Agassiz (electoral district), an electoral district in Manitoba

See also

• Agassi