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1990 Map of Christmas Pass

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Christmas Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Christmas Pass provides a vital corridor through the arid divide of the Cabeza Prieta Mountains, where the landscape transitions into the wide Tule Desert. This 1990 survey captures a region dominated by conservation and military boundaries, specifically the Barry M Goldwater Air Force Range and the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness and National Wildlife Refuge.

Evidence of human efforts to manage this environment appears in the form of catchment features like North Pinta Tank and Senita Tank, which were essential for wildlife and travelers in a terrain defined by dry drainage systems such as Tule Wash and Smoke Tree Wash. To the southeast, the Drift Hills contain a recorded Prospect, hinting at mineral exploration history within the jagged contours of the Sierra Pinta.