2023 Map of McCarthy D-1 SE

About this map

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Preserve encompasses the vast majority of this high-altitude landscape, where the Nutzotin Mountains dominate the central terrain. The drainage patterns here are defined by glacial and snowmelt runoff, with Ptarmigan Creek flowing south from Ptarmigan Lake in the northwest. This 2023 survey illustrates a high-mountain wilderness along the international border of the United States of America, where deep creek valleys like Cache Creek and Rocker Creek carve through the steep ridgelines. The absence of roads or permanent settlements underscores the primitive nature of this protected interior, preserved as a corridor for wildlife and natural watershed systems.