
Chugach National Forest encompasses the high-altitude landscape of this Alaskan interior, dominated by massive ice fields and active glacial movement. The sheet provides a detailed record of the glacial extent and drainage patterns within the t14s r5e and t15s r6e survey blocks, where the topographical data reveals the sheer scale of the frozen terrain. Huge ice masses, specifically McPherson Glacier, Miles Glacier, and Johnson Glacier, are the defining geographic elements of the region. These glaciers carve through the mountain ranges, feeding into unnamed alpine lakes and high-elevation basins. The map illustrates a wilderness largely untouched by permanent settlement or infrastructure, focusing instead on the natural borders and the complex contours of the Chugach Range.
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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