2016 Map of Survey Pass B-3 SE

About this map

Gates of the Arctic National Park encompasses nearly the entirety of this 2016 survey, revealing the high-altitude headwaters and dramatic topography of the central Brooks Range. The Continental Divide winds through the northwestern corner of the quadrangle, serving as the literal apex of the landscape where western-bound waters separate from those flowing north or east. In the southern half of the sheet, the Kobuk River begins its long journey through the Arctic wilderness, appearing here as a high-elevation drainage fed by the numerous unnamed draws and peaks of the Endicott Mountains. This map captures a pristine wilderness environment where the only human-made markings are the invisible lines of the Public Land Survey System, such as t22n r21e and t23n r21e, superimposed over some of the most remote terrain in the United States.