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1948 Map of Mount Fairweather B-2

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Mount Fairweather B-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Glacier Bay National Monument and the southeastern edge of the Tongass National Forest dominate this coastal Alaskan landscape, recorded here just after the mid-century. The map captures a wilderness in transition, characterized by the massive expanse of the Brady Glacier and the precarious ice-dammed waters of Abyss Lake, which is noted near a field of Crevasses.

Coastal navigation and maritime geography are detailed through the intricate shorelines of Dundas Bay and Taylor Bay. Small landmarks such as Taylor Island and Pt Wimbledon define the passage through Inian Pass, while the presence of a Tidal Flat near the mouth of the Dundas River illustrates the active siltation and changing depths of these glacial fjords before modern environmental shifts further altered the ice margins.