1960 Map of Anchorage B-3

About this map

Mount Marcus Baker and Mount Goode anchor this high-altitude Alaskan landscape, where the Chugach Mountains meet massive ice systems. The terrain is defined by the sweeping expanse of the Knik Glacier and the Marcus Baker Glacier, which dominate the northern and central sections of the sheet. Based on 1957 aerial photography and field annotated in 1960, the map illustrates the complex network of ice and rock within the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Numerous smaller ice flows like the Radcliffe Glacier, Baltimore Glacier, and Smith Glacier descend toward the Harvard Arm and the Barry Glacier in the south. The abundance of crevasses marked across these frozen rivers provides a detailed look at the glacial movement and structural hazards of the era, long before modern rapid retreat altered these ice fronts.