请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Agassiz
释义

  1. Agassiz family

  2. Namesakes

  3. Other uses

  4. See also

Agassiz may refer to:

{{TOC right}}

Agassiz family

  • Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-U.S. zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist
  • Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907), educator; wife of Louis
  • Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), U.S. scientist and engineer; son of Louis and Elizabeth
  • See also Agassiz family

Namesakes

Various things have been named after members of the Agassiz family:

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

Other uses

Of uncertain derivation:

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

See also

  • Agassi
{{disambig|surname}}

1 : Franco-Provençal-language surnames

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/29 15:27:38