1990 Map of Misheguk Mountain A-1

About this map

Noatak National Preserve and the Noatak Wilderness dominate this Arctic landscape, capturing a vast protected corridor in the late twentieth century. The serpentine path of the Noatak River cuts through the center of the sheet, joined by tributaries like the Anisak River and Itimtikrak Creek. This survey reflects a time of finalized federal land management in Alaska, following the establishment of these protected areas. The Igivruk Mountains rise to the north, while the southern reaches are dotted with remote water bodies such as Okoklik Lake and Lake Kangilipak. The map documents a terrain devoid of roads, defined instead by the natural drainage patterns of New Cottonwood Creek and the high elevation contours that separate the Northwest Arctic Borough from the North Slope Borough.