2017 Map of Icy Bay D-3 NE

About this map

Gulf of Alaska waters dominate this coastal survey of the Yakutat Borough, where the maritime boundary transitions into the open Pacific Ocean. Along the northern shoreline, a series of coastal drainages including Big River, Big Sandy Cr, and Little River empty into the sea across a landscape shaped by shifting alluvial deposits. The map captures a moment in the modern era when the hydrography of Lydick Cr and its neighbors define the interface between the borough's wetlands and the expansive gulf. This 2017 edition emphasizes the hydrological network of a sparsely settled reach of the Alaskan coast, providing a clear record of the river mouths and coastal contours as they existed at the time of the SPOT imagery acquisition in 2012.