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1963 Map of Chignik A-4

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Chignik A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

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Mount Veniaminof dominates the western reaches of this high-latitude terrain, its ice-clad slopes feeding an intricate network of moving ice. Significant glaciers like Finger Glacier, Slim Glacier, and Harpoon Glacier descend from the heights of the Alaska Peninsula, carving the land as they move toward the coast. The mapping reflects a landscape of dramatic elevation changes and hydrological shifts, where the meltwater from Crab Glacier and its neighbors eventually feeds into systems such as the West Fork Chignik River.

Boundaries for the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge are shown here as established in 1980, overlaying 1960s photogrammetric data. This intersection of early-sixties topography and later federal conservation designations highlights the transition of this territory from unsurveyed wild land to a managed refuge. To the south, the Kametolook River and Red Bluff Creek snake through the lower elevations, illustrating the complex drainage patterns characteristic of this part of the peninsula.