Harvard Glacier

Harvard Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Harvard Glacier



caption = Harvard Glacier is the large glacier at the head of College Fjord. You can see the wide medial moraines in this photo.
type = Tidewater glacier
location = Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|61.27466|N|147.71602|W|region:US-AK_type:glacier|display=inline,title
area =
length =
thickness =
terminus = fjord
status = advancing

The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound. The glacier has a 1.5-mile (2 km) wide face where it calves into the College Fjord. The Harvard Glacier is the second largest glacier in the Prince William Sound, after the Columbia Glacier. It is a popular destination of cruise ships in the Prince William Sound.


ee also

* List of glaciers


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