Type glacier Highest elevation 1355 ft (413 m) | Length 4 miles (6.4 km) | |
Location College Fjord, Alaska, U.S. | ||
Amherst Glacier is a 4-mile-long (6.4 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends northwest to a lake, 5.5 mi (8.9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham and 52 mi (84 km) southwest of Valdez. It was named for Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts by members of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition.
Map of Amherst Glacier, Alaska 99686, USA
References
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