College Fjord is a fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska. The fjord contains five tidewater glaciers, five large valley glaciers, and dozens of smaller glaciers, most named after renowned East Coast colleges. College Fjord was discovered in 1899 during the Harriman Expedition, at which time the glaciers were named. The expedition included a Harvard and an Amherst professor, and they named many of the glaciers after elite colleges. According to Bruce Molina, author of Alaska's Glaciers, "They took great delight in ignoring Princeton.
In 1964 College Fjord was the epicenter of the Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history. It is a popular destination for cruise ships. From one place, it is possible to see eight of College Fjords Glaciers at once.
Incomplete list of College Fjord glaciers
Amherst Glacier
Baby Glacier
Barnard Glacier
Bryn Mawr Glacier
Crescent Glacier
Downer Glacier
Harvard Glacier
Holyoke Glacier
Smith Glacier
Vassar Glacier
Wellesley Glacier
Williams Glacier
Yale Glacier
Glaciers near College Fjord
These glaciers were also named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, but they don't border College Fjord: