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1972 Map of Arctic A-4

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Arctic A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Venetie Indian Reservation occupies the southeast corner of this Alaskan interior landscape, where the East Fork Chandalar River snakes across a broad, lake-dotted plain. This 1972 topography illustrates the transition from the high peaks of the Brooks Range to the marshy lowlands of the Chandalar drainage. Misty Mountain and Smoke Mountain anchor the high ground to the north and west, while the central terrain is defined by the prominent Ottertail Ridge.

Water dominates the movement through this subarctic wilderness, with the braided channels of Ottertail Creek and Crow Nest Creek carving paths through the heights toward the river. Notable landmarks such as Crow Nest Rock and Rock Head West serve as critical navigation points in a region devoid of roads or permanent settlements at the time of the survey. The mapping reflects a period of intensive photogrammetric study by the Geological Survey to document the remote northern reaches of the North Slope Borough.