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2017 Map of Chandler Lake D-1 SW

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Chandler Lake D-1 SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Nanushuk River provides the central geographic focus for this section of the North Slope, winding through the western portion of the terrain as it flows northward toward the Arctic coastal plain. The landscape is defined by the rigid divisions of the Public Land Survey System, including t7s r7e and t8s r7e, which overlay the complex topography of the Brooks Range foothills. These survey lines represent the fundamental administrative grid of the Alaskan wilderness, where natural drainage patterns and elevation contours are the primary indicators of movement across the land.

While largely devoid of named human settlements, the map documents the intricate hydrography of the region's unnamed tributaries and the varying elevations of the t6s r6e through t8s r8e corridors. The presence of the river serves as a vital corridor in an otherwise trackless expanse, illustrating the remote nature of the borough during the early twenty-first century. This topographic study emphasizes the raw environmental data—water and slope—that dictates access and land use in the high Arctic.