Miles Glacier dominates the northern reaches of this landscape, its massive icy tongue extending across the terrain within the Chugach National Forest. The geography is defined by these slow-moving ice masses, with McPherson Glacier and Johnson Glacier carving out high alpine valleys nearby. Small pockets of open water, such as Lost Lake, dot the terminal ends of these frozen rivers, illustrating the dynamic hydrology of the Alaskan coast. This 2014 survey records the exact footprints of these glaciers as they appeared in the early 21st century, providing a critical data point for environmental historians and glaciologists studying the shifting ice fields of the Copper River delta region.
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1948 · Cordova
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1950 · Cordova B-2
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1951 · Cordova
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1951 · Cordova B-1
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1953 · Cordova B-1
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1953 · Cordova B-2
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1959 · Cordova C-2
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1959 · Cordova C-1
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1959 · Cordova
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1997 · Cordova B-2
USGS Topo · 1:63,360