2015 Map of Lookout Ridge C-2 NW

About this map

Meade River and Usuktuk River define the drainage of this Arctic landscape in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range. The terrain is characterized by a dense network of watercourses and elevation contours that trace the intricate rise and fall of the Lookout Ridge region. This 2015 survey provides a clear view of the wilderness before any significant modern infrastructure reached these high latitudes, showing a landscape defined by natural boundaries and the township-and-range divisions of the North Slope. The absence of roads or permanent settlements within these boundaries underscores the isolation of this portion of the North Slope Borough, where the land is primarily shaped by the hydrology of the rivers as they flow toward the Arctic Ocean.