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1948 Map of Bering Glacier A-4

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Bering Glacier A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Cape Yakataga serves as the focal point for this coastal survey of the Gulf of Alaska shoreline, where the landscape is defined by the massive movement of ice and water. The area's limited human footprint is concentrated near the Yakataga Airport and the settlement of Yakataga, which sits isolated between the surf and the braided distributaries of the North Channel Yakataga River and South Channel Yakataga River.

Evidence of resource exploration is visible in the form of a Drill Hole and several structures marked simply as Cabin along the coast. Further inland, the map documents a transition from coastal ridges like Brown Ridge and Yakataga Ridge to the high alpine terrain of Dahlgren Ridge. Here, massive ice bodies including Watson Glacier and Yakataga Glacier carve through the mountains, feeding the network of creeks like Iron Creek and Clear Creek that drain toward the sea.