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1950 Map of Bering Glacier

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Bering Glacier
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Bering Glacier and the massive Bagley Ice Field dominate this mid-century reconnaissance of the Alaskan coastline, showing the immense glaciated landscape before the era of modern satellite monitoring. Stretching from the Chugach Mountains to the Gulf of Alaska, the map illustrates a complex network of ice and water, where the Steller Glacier and Miles Glacier feed into the surrounding terrain.

Human presence is sparse but precisely noted, concentrated around Cape Yakataga where the Yakataga Airport and occasional Cabin sites provided essential lifelines for explorers and surveyors. The survey also marks significant topographical landmarks such as Mt Steller and Mt Miller, and identifies the political line of the United States Canada boundary as it cuts through the high peaks of the Granite Range.