Information About

Holyoke Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 9' 40" N,
147 ° 57' 28.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Length

1.5 mi (2.41 km)

Elevation

3681 ft (1121.97 m)

Holyoke Glacier in Detail.

About

trends SE on W bank of College Fiord, 6.8 mi. SW of College Point and 65 mi. E of Anchorage, Chugach Mts. 1.5 miles long.

History

Named by U.S. Grant and D. F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1908. Named for Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

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 NW (2013),

Places Near Holyoke Glacier

Bays:

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

Capes:

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

Glaciers:

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

Lakes:

Coghill Lake, Davis Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Coville, Mount Curtis, Mount Emerson, Mount Goode,

Peaks:

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,

Cities: