Information About

College Fiord

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 6' 32" N,
147 ° 55' 16" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Uses

College Fiord in Detail.

About

extends NE off Port Wells, between Point Pakenham and College Point, 63 mi. E of Anchorage, Chugach Mts. 18 miles long.

History

Named in 1898 by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition after they had named many of the glaciers surrounding the fiord for American colleges.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-3 SE (2016),
Places Near College Fiord
Bays:

Barry Arm, Barry Arm Port Wells, Cascade Bay, College Fiord, Harvard Arm, Yale Arm, Yale Arm College Fiord,

Capes:

Coghill Point, College Point, Pakenham Point, Pakenham Point,

Glaciers:

Amherst Glacier, Baltimore Glacier, Barnard Glacier, Barry Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Cap Glacier, Coxe Glacier, Crescent Glacier, Eaglek Glacier, Holyoke Glacier, Lafayette Glacier, Smith Glacier, Tommy Glacier, Vassar Glacier, Wellesley Glacier, Williams Glacier,

Islands:

Cascade Island,

Lakes:

Coghill Lake, Davis Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Coville, Mount Curtis, Mount Emerson, Unakwik Peak,

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,

Cities:

Golden,