Downer Glacier
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| Downer Glacier | |
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  Downer Glacier | |
 Interactive map of Downer Glacier | |
| Type | glacier |
| Location | Kora Keen Range, Alaska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 61°16′26″N 147°36′47″W / 61.27389°N 147.61306°W |
| Length | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Terminus | 3,461 ft (1,055 m) |
Downer Glacier is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Trends west with a length of 2.6 mi (4.2 km), in Kora Keen Range, 46 mi (74 km) northwest of Valdez. It was named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin for the Milwaukee-Downer College for Women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
