Infrared-enhanced image of College Fjord. Snow appears white, glaciers appear bright blue, and land surfaces with vegetation on them appear red. Although the two-dimensional image makes it appear that the glaciers along the western side of the fjord simply fill in great ravines, in reality, the glaciers tumble down toward the water over steep hillsides like frozen waterfalls.

College Fjord is a fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska. A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The fjord contains five tidewater glaciers (glaciers that terminate in water), five large valley glaciers, and dozens of smaller glaciers, most named after renowned East Coast colleges. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard" refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern It is a popular destination for cruise ships. A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience College Fjord was discovered in 1899 during the Harriman Expedition, at which time the glaciers were named. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Harriman Alaska Expedition was an expedition organized by E The survey comprised both a Harvard and an Amherst professor, and they set about naming the glaciers after elite colleges. According to Bruce Molina, author of Alaska's Glaciers, "they took great delight in ignoring Princeton". [1]

In 1964 College Fjord was the epicenter of the Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the If sailed at a certain place, you will be able to see 8 of College Fjords Glaciers at once

Incomplete list of College Fjord glaciers

• Amherst Glacier
• Baby Glacier
• Barnard Glacier
• Bryn Mawr Glacier
• Crescent Glacier
• Dartmouth Glacier
• Downer Glacier
• Harvard Glacier
• Holyoke Glacier
• Smith Glacier
• Vassar Glacier
• Wellesley Glacier
• Williams Glacier
• Yale Glacier