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1995 Map of False Pass D-5

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of False Pass D-5
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Unimak Island and the adjacent Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge meet at the narrow Isanotski Strait, a vital maritime corridor at the western end of the Alaska Peninsula. The small community of False Pass serves as the primary outpost in this landscape defined by active volcanism and maritime history, situated between the protected waters of Bechevin Bay and Ikatan Bay. The terrain is dominated by the massive profile of Roundtop Mountain and extensive glaciers and snowfields that descend toward the coast.

Conservation boundaries for the Aleutian Islands Wilderness overlap the glacial slopes, reaching down to coastal landmarks like Stonewall and Whirl Point. Survey markers such as Otter Cove West Base and Otter Cove East Base along Otter Cove indicate the technical mapping history of this maritime passage. The map details a transition from the sheer Palisade Cliffs to the low-lying reaches of Mikes Creek, capturing a remote intersection of land and sea in the mid-1990s.