2017 Map of Skagway A-6 NE

About this map

Glacier Bay National Park dominates the southeastern corner of this quadrangle, marking a remote boundary zone where the wilderness of the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area meets the international border with Canada. The landscape is defined by the high-latitude glacial activity of the Fairweather Range, notably featuring the terminus of the Rendu Glacier. While most of the sheet is comprised of high-elevation ice fields and undefined peaks, the intricate contours of the glacial flows and the geopolitical boundary line provide a specialized view of this protected Alaskan environment in the early twenty-first century. This survey records the specific position of the ice and the territorial line at a time when North American glaciers are under increasing scrutiny for their rapid physical changes.