Smith Glacier

Smith Glacier is a glacier in Alaska that flows southeast into Harvard Arm of College Fjord. It stretches five and a half miles, lies northwest of College Point, and is about fifty-one miles west of Valdez. Members of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition named it for Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The name reflects a broader pattern around College Fjord, where the expedition recorded and named several glaciers after colleges and universities, linking the landscape to academic institutions through their survey and naming work.

Knik River, Alaska · United States