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Harvard Glacier
Harvard Glacier is the large glacier at the head of College Fjord. You can see the wide medial moraines in this photo.
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 Alaska, U.S.
Terminus fjord
Status advancing

The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U The glacier has a 1. 5-mile (2 km) wide face where it calves into the College Fjord. College Fjord is a Fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U The Harvard Glacier is the second largest glacier in the Prince William Sound, after the Columbia Glacier. The Columbia Glacier is a Glacier in Prince William Sound on the south coast of the U It is a popular destination of cruise ships in the Prince William Sound.

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This is a list of Glaciers. Due to somewhat sparse information some glaciers especially those in the tropics may no longer exist as listed A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
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