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1960 Map of Juneau C-2

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Juneau C-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Tongass National Forest encompasses this high-altitude glacial landscape northeast of Juneau, where a massive network of ice fields and towering peaks defines the terrain. The sheet provides an intensive study of the area's ice-flow patterns, capturing the massive Taku Glacier and its West Branch, alongside the Mendenhall Glacier and Herbert Glacier.

Named geological features like Adolph Knopf Mountain and the Mendenhall Towers punctuate the landscape, serving as critical landmarks within the Taku Range. The survey, based on 1948 aerial photography and 1960 field annotations, documents the Indefinite Boundary lines that run through this glaciated wilderness. This record is particularly valuable for tracking the historical extent of features like Eagle Glacier and Thiel Glacier prior to late-20th-century environmental shifts.