1990 Map of Coleen C-2

About this map

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge dominates this terrain in the Alaskan interior, as documented by aerial photography from the late 1970s and finalized in 1990. The landscape is defined by high-altitude peaks, including the prominent Spike Mountain, and a complex drainage system marked simply as Creek and Lake. This provisional survey reflects a time when large swaths of the northeastern Yukon-Koyukuk region remained unroaded and largely inaccessible, focusing on topographic contours and natural hydrology rather than human infrastructure. The lack of named settlements or transportation networks underscores the protected status and isolation of the refuge during this era, providing a primary record of the physical geography before modern environmental shifts.