2016 Map of Unalakleet A-4 NW

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Swift River winds through this interior Alaskan terrain, marking the boundary between the Nome Census Area and the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. The landscape is dominated by complex contour lines that reveal the high-elevation ridges and drainage patterns of the region's watersheds. In the southeastern corner, the Anvik River makes its appearance, carving through the land in a series of sharp bends. This 2016 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Dept. of Transportation illustrates a remote wilderness defined by water systems rather than roads or settlements. The absence of human-named landmarks beyond the major waterways highlights the region's character as a roadless expanse where topography and river hydrology dictate the logic of the land.