Name: Teepe Glacier

 

County: Teton

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104753W

Latitude: 434409N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 11332/3454

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Glacier

 

Origin of Name:

Glacier, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyo., on south slope of Grand Teton ... . This small ice field has been so called since 1925, when Theodore Teepe, a mountaineer, was killed on it.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named in honor of Theodore Teepe, who was killed in a fall while decending the glacier. 

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Teepe's Glacier

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

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Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Grand Teton

 

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