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===Geological tributes=== [[File:Agassiz.main.sk.jpg|thumb|upright|Agassiz's grave, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a boulder from the moraine of the Aar Glaciers, near where he once lived.]] An ancient [[glacial lake]] that formed in central North America, [[Lake Agassiz]], is named after him, as are [[Mount Agassiz (California)|Mount Agassiz]] in [[Palisades (California Sierra)|California's Palisades]], [[Mount Agassiz (Utah)|Mount Agassiz]] in the [[Uinta Mountains]] of Utah, [[Agassiz Peak]] in Arizona, [[Agassiz Rock]] in Massachusetts, and the [[Agassizhorn]] in the Bernese Alps in his native Switzerland. [[Agassiz Glacier (Montana)|Agassiz Glacier]] in Montana, Agassiz Creek in [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]], [[Agassiz Glacier (Alaska)|Agassiz Glacier]] in the [[Saint Elias Mountains]] of Alaska, and [[Mount Agassiz (New Hampshire)|Mount Agassiz]] in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] of New Hampshire also bear his name. A [[impact crater|crater]] on [[Mars]], ''[[Crater Agassiz]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last1=Schmadel | first=Lutz D. | title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | year=2012 | isbn=978-3-642-29718-2 | page=176 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VoJ5nUyIzCsC}}</ref> and a promontorium on the moon are also named in his honor. [[Cape Agassiz]], a headland situated in [[Palmer Land]], [[Antarctica]], is named in his honor. A [[Asteroid belt|main-belt]] [[asteroid]], [[2267 Agassiz]], is also named in association with him.
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