2015 Map of Shungnak A-6 SW

About this map

Tagagawik River meanders across the southwestern corner of this landscape, marking a remote hydrologic artery within the Northwest Arctic Borough and the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. The terrain is characterized by a significant transition in elevation, with the topography rising sharply toward the east and southeast into more prominent highlands. This 2015 survey illustrates the vast, unpopulated character of the Alaskan interior, where the Public Land Survey System grids such as t8n r1w and t7n r1w provide the primary human-imposed structure over the natural drainage basins. The map serves as a record of a high-latitude wilderness where the absence of roads or permanent settlements highlights the isolation of the Tagagawik drainage system.