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Holyoke Glacier
Map showing the location of Holyoke Glacier
Map showing the location of Holyoke Glacier
Holyoke Glacier
Typeglacier
LocationCollege Fjord, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates61°09′40″N 147°57′28″W / 61.16111°N 147.95778°W / 61.16111; -147.95778
Length1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Highest elevation3655 ft (1114 m)
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Holyoke Glacier is a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends southeast on the west bank of College Fjord, 6.8 mi (10.9 km) southwest of College Point and 65 mi (105 km) east of Anchorage. It was named by U.S. Grant and D.F. Higgins, USGS, in 1908. It was named for Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.[1]

  1. ^ "Holyoke Glacier". USGS National Mapping information. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-06-23.

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