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1960 Map of Anchorage A-4

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Anchorage A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Chugach National Forest provides the setting for this detailed 1960 survey of a glaciated coastal wilderness near Anchorage. The landscape is dominated by the convergence of massive ice flows into Harriman Fiord and Barry Arm, where the interaction of land and water is recorded through features like the Doran Strait and Pt Doran.

Ice dominates the terrain, with named flows including Colony Glacier, Serpentine Glacier, and Surprise Glacier descending from high peaks such as Mount Gannett and Mount Muir. This map captures the region before contemporary changes in glacial extent, documenting the position of the Baker Glacier and Cataract Glacier as they appeared in the mid-20th century. The intricate shoreline of Surprise Inlet and the numerous named peaks offer a precise look at this section of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough.