2024 Map of Bering Glacier D-8 SW

About this map

Fan Glacier and Wernicke Glacier dominate this remote landscape of the Chugach Census Area, where glacial systems define the topography within vast protected territories. This region is a juncture of significant federal land designations, where the southern reaches of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and the Wrangell-St Elias Wilderness meet the northern boundaries of the Chugach National Forest. The map illustrates the extreme verticality and ice-carved drainage patterns characteristic of the Saint Elias Mountains. These immense glaciers serve as primary indicators of environmental change in the Alaskan interior, their massive footprints shaping the high-altitude terrain across multiple township lines including t11s r8e and t13s r9e. Researchers and historians can observe the precise boundaries where national forest and park lands converge amidst the ice fields.