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2015 Map of Howard Pass B-5 SW

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Howard Pass B-5 SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The vast protected wilderness of the Noatak National Preserve defines this portion of the Alaska-North Slope Borough. In this sub-arctic environment, the landscape is dictated by a complex drainage network where the Anisak River and several significant creeks, including Uivaksak Cr, Buccaneer Cr, and Primus Cr, carve through the tundra. This area, devoid of permanent settlements or roads, reflects the remote character of the Brooks Range foothills.

Desperation Lake sits as a prominent landmark in the northeastern portion of the sheet, providing a rare large standing water body in a region of braided stream systems. The map details the precise topography and hydrological patterns that have sustained indigenous land use and migrations for generations, documented here with modern precision across the township and range lines of the public land survey system.