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Holyoke Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Holyoke Glacier is a glacier about 1.5 miles long on the west bank of College Fjord in the U.S. state of Alaska, roughly 6.8 miles southwest of College Point and 65 miles east of Anchorage. It was named in 1908 by U.S. Grant and D.F. Higgins of the United States Geological Survey, for Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. 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: Holyoke 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: Holyoke Glacier
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