College Fjord
College Fjord is a fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska. The fjord contains five tidewater glaciers, five large valley glaciers, and dozens of smaller glaciers, most named after renowned East Coast of [the United States|East Coast] colleges. College Fjord was discovered in 1899 during the Harriman [Alaska Expedition|Harriman Expedition], at which time the glaciers were named. The expedition included a Harvard and an Amherst professor, and they named many of the glaciers after elite colleges. According to Bruce Molina, author of Alaska's Glaciers, "They took great delight in ignoring Princeton."
Incomplete list of College Fjord glaciers
- Amherst Glacier
- Baby Glacier
- Barnard Glacier
- Bryn [Mawr Glacier]
- Crescent Glacier
- Downer Glacier
- Harvard Glacier
- Holyoke Glacier
- Smith Glacier
- Vassar Glacier
- Wellesley Glacier
- Williams Glacier
- Yale Glacier
Glaciers near College Fjord
These glaciers were also named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, but they don't border College Fjord:- Columbia Glacier (Alaska)
- Dartmouth Glacier
- Barry Glacier
- Surprise Glacier
- Harriman Glacier
- Serpentine Glacier
- Cataract Glacier
Category:Fjords of Alaska
Category:Tourist attractions in Chugach [Census Area, Alaska]