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1955 Map of Harrison Bay D-4

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Harrison Bay D-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Cape Halkett forms the prominent eastern boundary of the landmass on this mid-century survey, reaching into the waters where Harrison Bay meets the Beaufort Sea. This coastal environment within the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 is defined by its low-lying, pond-streaked tundra, where the transition from land to the Arctic Ocean is marked by intricate inlets and shallow offshore features like Pacific Shoal.

Evidence of human activity is sparse but specific, including a coastal Cabin and the isolated inland site of Elouise. The map reflects a period of intensive remote surveying by the Army Map Service, using 1955 aerial photography to document the unsurveyed and unmarked land lines of the Umiat Meridian. This record captures a moment of early federal petroleum exploration and military mapping in the far north before modern infrastructure arrived.