2017 Map of Norton Bay B-3 NW

About this map

Sardine Cr and Anakeksik Cr carve through the interior of the Seward Peninsula in this 2017 topographic study of the Nome Census Area. The landscape is defined by its drainage patterns, where watercourses like Shovel Cr and Kingmetolik Cr navigate the complex topography within the surveyed townships of t11s r8w, t12s r8w, and t13s r8w. The absence of named settlements or man-made infrastructure on the map highlights the wilderness character of the Norton Bay region, where the legal grid of the Public Land Survey System provides the primary framework for orientation. For researchers and historians, this map offers a precise contemporary baseline of the hydrologic network and natural terrain before future environmental shifts alter these remote Alaskan watersheds.