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1959 Map of Mt Saint Elias

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Mt Saint Elias
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Alaska-Yukon international boundary cuts through some of North America's most formidable alpine terrain in this 1959 survey. Dominated by the massive Malaspina Glacier and the sprawling Seward Glacier, the landscape is a complex network of ice fields and towering peaks including Mt Logan, Mt Saint Elias, and Mt Kennedy. The map tracks the coastal edge at Disenchantment Bay, where the Hubbard Glacier terminates, and follows the rugged interior ranges where the Alaska Hwy skirts the northern edge of the Kluane Glacier region.

Researchers will find precise positioning of high-altitude summits like Mt Vancouver and Mt Hubbard, alongside numerous smaller ice flows such as the Newton Glacier and Agassiz Glacier. This survey captures the mid-century extent of these glacial systems before significant modern retreat, providing a baseline for the transition from the Malaspina Glacier's piedmont lobe to the high peaks of the Saint Elias Mountains.