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1984 Map of Ikpikpuk River A-1

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Ikpikpuk River A-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Colville River carves a massive, braided path across this North Slope landscape, defined by the towering Ninuluk Bluff and the surrounding administrative boundaries of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. This 1984 edition, based on earlier aerial photography, captures a wilderness shaped by drainage and high-latitude topography where names like Kimikpak Ridge and Siksikpak Ridge rise above the permafrost-dotted plains.

Surface travel in this environment is traced through a designated Tractor Trail crossing the northern section, a vital indicator of the logistics required for Arctic exploration. Smaller waterways such as Maybe Creek, Ninuluk Creek, and the South Fork provide intricate detail of the watershed, while local survey points like Three and Starfish serve as fixed markers in an otherwise shifting landscape of gravel bars and tundra lakes.