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1948 Map of Mt Katmai

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Mt Katmai
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The volcanic heart of the Aleutian Range is meticulously documented here, capturing a landscape still reeling from the massive 1912 eruption. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes stretches northwest of Mt Katmai, bordered by the Buttress Range and the volcanic vents of Novarupta and Knife Peak Volcano. This survey provides a crucial record of human displacement and geological change, marking the Savonoski (Abandoned) settlement along the Savonoski River and Katmai Village (Aban'd) on the coast of Katmai Bay.

Glacial and fluvial processes are evident in the Serpent Tongue Glacier and the significant Mud Flow deposits south of the primary peaks. To the north, the terrain transitions into a complex system of large lakes, including Lake Grosvenor and Nonvianuk Lake, where a Site of Ancient Village near Kulik Lake hints at a much longer history of habitation before the region was designated as the Katmai National Monument.