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1961 Map of Mount Fairweather C-5

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Mount Fairweather C-5
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Lituya Bay dominates this coastal survey, where the glacial influence of the Glacier Bay National Monument meets the Gulf of Alaska. The map records a landscape of immense natural force, defined by the Lituya Glacier feeding into Gilbert Inlet and the North Crillon Glacier pressing toward the sea. At the center of the bay, Cenotaph Island and Three Saints Point serve as landmarks in an area notorious for its geological activity.

Evidence of historical human activity and navigation appears at Anchorage Cove and near Harbor Point, while the presence of the Solomon Railroad moraine suggests the legacy of glacial movement rather than steel rails. To the south, the drainage of Crillon Lake via the Crillon River and Dagelet River illustrates the complex hydrological network formed by receding ice. This 1961 annotation provides a detailed look at the shoreline features like La Chaussee Spit and The Paps before further coastal changes.