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1952 Map of Kaguyak

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Kaguyak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Kaguyak sits on the southeastern edge of Kodiak Island, a remote outpost documented during the early 1950s. The landscape is defined by the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, where steep coastal bluffs and deep fjords like Deadman Bay and Kaguyak Bay carve into the jagged shoreline. Offshore, the seafloor drops into the vast Pacific Ocean, though the shallow shelf of the Albatross Bank extends far to the east, indicating the importance of the maritime environment to this region's character.

The topography transitions from the heights of the Sulua Peninsula to scattered maritime landmarks like Twoheaded Island and the Trinity Islands. Navigational markers such as Cape Hepburn and Cape Kiavak define the treacherous approach to the Sitkinak Strait. Evidence of human presence is sparse, limited to the main settlement and isolated points like Cabin, reflecting a period when this stretch of the Alaskan coast remained largely wild and dominated by its complex archipelago of Geese Islands and Sitkalidak Island.