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Harvard Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in Alaska's Prince William Sound. It has a 1.5 mile wide face where it calves into College Fjord, is about 300 feet thick, and covers roughly 120,000 acres of the Chugach National Forest. It is the second largest glacier in Prince William Sound after the Columbia Glacier and is a popular destination for cruise ships touring the sound. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Harvard Glacier

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Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Harvard Glacier
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The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound.
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Wikidata: Harvard Glacier
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