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Yale Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska’s College Fjord, named for Yale University in 1899 as part of a group of glaciers named for American universities. About 20 miles long and flowing into Yale Arm west of Valdez, it was closely observed during the early scientific study of Prince William Sound. Reports from 1898 through 1910 recorded its irregular ice front, high terminal cliff, active calving, and changing margins. Although surveys in 1905 and 1909 showed little overall change, by 1910 the glacier was advancing strongly, overrunning barren ground, building moraines, and destroying alder and willow thickets along its edges.
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