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1951 Map of Seward C-5

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Seward C-5
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Blackstone Bay and Kings Bay dominate this coastal section of the Kenai Mountains, where the landscape is defined by the massive glacial systems of the Chugach National Forest. The map illustrates a period when active ice fields reached deep into the sea, with numerous named glaciers such as Portage Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, and Spencer Glacier carving out the terrain.

At the center of Blackstone Bay sits Willard Island, surrounded by deep fjords and precipitous peaks, including the prominent Carpathian Peak. The intricate network of ice including the Shakespeare Glacier, Whittier Glacier, and Tebenkof Glacier highlights the frozen geography of the Kenai Peninsula before mid-century changes. This study provides an look at the complex glacial topography of the Alaskan coastline as it was recorded during aerial surveys in the early 1950s.