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1961 Map of Mount Fairweather C-4

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Mount Fairweather C-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Fairweather Range peaks dominate this high-altitude landscape, recorded during a 1961 field annotation based on 1948 aerial photography. Within the Glacier Bay National Monument, the survey captures a dynamic ice-bound environment where massive glaciers flow from towering summits like Mount Crillon and Mount La Perouse. The topography is defined by the frozen movement of the North Crillon Glacier and South Crillon Glacier, which are marked with extensive systems of Crevasses.

While largely devoid of human settlement or infrastructure, the map provides precise elevation data for major landmarks such as Mount Orville, Mount Wilbur, and Middle Dome. The isolation of the region is evident in the notes from the State of Alaska, Division of Lands, which indicate that land lines here represent unsurveyed and unmarked locations. This document serves as a detailed study of the glacial progression and mountain structure in the decades before modern climate shifts altered these ice fields.