2016 Map of Nabesna A-2 NE

About this map

The Wrangell-Saint Elias National Preserve encompasses a significant portion of this high-altitude landscape, where the Nutzotin Mountains meet the eastern edge of the Alaska Range. The map reveals a complex glacial and hydrological system, dominated in the southeast by the Carl Glacier. A network of high-elevation drainages, including the aptly named Two by Four Creek, Sheep Creek, and Snag Creek, carve through the steep terrain. The cartography emphasizes the sheer verticality of the region, anchored by the prominent Needle Peak. This area, surveyed in the early 21st century, remains a primitive wilderness defined by its ice-sculpted peaks and seasonal watercourses, showing no signs of permanent settlement or modern infrastructure beyond the preserve's natural boundaries.