1990 Map of Christian D-4

About this map

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lands dominate the northwestern corner of this 1990 survey, where the Chandalar River, East Fork flows through a landscape defined by dramatic relief and elevation markers. This provisional map, compiled from 1971 aerial photography, captures a territory without established roads or trails, illustrating the high-altitude interior of the northern Alaskan wilderness. The North Boundary Fairbanks Meridian bisects the upper portion of the sheet, providing a primary surveying baseline for this remote region. Throughout the quadrangle, dozens of water levels and spot elevations are recorded, documenting a terrain of peaks and drainage systems as they were understood during the late twentieth-century mapping of the Arctic interior.