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1950 Map of Teller

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Teller
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The westernmost point of North America meets the international boundary in this detailed 1950 survey of the Seward Peninsula. Centered on the gateway between the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea, the map captures the remote settlements of Wales at Cape Prince of Wales and the coastal hub of Teller. The geography is defined by complex coastal waterways like Lopp Lagoon and the sheltered Grantley Harbor, which leads into the vast Imuruk Basin.

Further inland, the landscape transitions from the coastal lowlands to the York Mountains and the Kigluaik Mountains. Traces of the region's mining and missionary history are evident at Tin City, Cassiterite Pk, and the Teller Mission. To the far west, the Diomede Islands sit alongside the U.S. Russia Convention of 1867 line, illustrating the close proximity of the Ussr and the United States across the Bering Strait.