Information About

Wellesley Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 11' 55" N,
147 ° 55' 12" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Length

4 mi (6.44 km)

Elevation

3186 ft (971.09 m)

Wellesley Glacier in Detail.

About

trends E 4 mi. to a lagoon, on W bank of College Fiord, 3.7 mi. SW of College Point and 54 mi. W of Valdez; Chugach Mts.

History

named in 1899 by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of Wellesley College, Wellesley, 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 NE (2013),

Places Near Wellesley Glacier

Bays:

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

Capes:

Coghill Point, College Point, Pakenham Point,

Glaciers:

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

Lakes:

Mountains:

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

Peaks:

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,