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2012 Map of Sharktooth Peak

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Sharktooth Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Sharktooth Peak and the high Silver Divide define this landscape of the High Sierra, where granite summits give way to a dense network of alpine basins. The eastern edge of the map shows a concentrated cluster of small lakes with distinctive names like Pocket Lake, Scarab Lake, and Beetlebug Lake, suggesting a period of specific nomenclature by early surveyors or naturalists.

In the southeast, the terrain descends toward the northern reaches of Lake Thomas A Edison, where the Vermillion Valley Resort serves as a lone human outpost in the wilderness. The map details a transition from jagged peaks such as Pincushion Peak to broad marshy openings like Onion Spring Meadow and Boggy Meadow. These drainage patterns, including Four Forks Cr and Rock Cr, illustrate the complex hydrology feeding into the larger reservoir system.