2017 Map of McCarthy A-6 NW

About this map

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park encompasses the vast majority of this landscape, where high-altitude water systems converge. The Chakina River serves as the primary drainage corridor, fed by the W Fork Chakina River and the glacial runoff of the Klu River. This area represents a wild, undeveloped portion of the Alaska interior where the topography is defined by significant elevation changes rather than human settlement. Sunshine Lake sits in a high basin in the eastern portion of the sheet, providing a rare stationary water body amidst the active stream networks like Monahan Cr. The map illustrates the complex hydrography of the Valdez-Cordova region before it flows toward larger river systems, showing a terrain shaped entirely by natural forces with no roads or permanent structures recorded.