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1984 Map of Ikpikpuk River A-5

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Ikpikpuk River A-5
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 and the Awuna River converge in this remote section of the North Slope, where the intricate network of water and terrain is defined by the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. This 1984 survey, based on 1971 aerial photography, provides a record of the landscape during an era of significant exploration in the Arctic.

Evidence of human presence and resource investigation appears in labels such as Spoil and Barrels, suggesting temporary industrial activity in an otherwise roadless wilderness. The map also includes Section Creek and the curiously named Frigid location. These details reflect the specialized nature of mapping this permafrost-rich environment, where land lines represent predetermined but unsurveyed locations under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.