2016 Map of Utukok River A-5 NE

About this map

Archimedes Ridge dominates the southern half of this remote North Slope landscape, defining the local relief through a series of dramatic east-west elevation changes. This region, surveyed by the U.S. Geological Survey using imagery from 2009 to 2015, represents a nearly untouched stretch of Arctic wilderness. The terrain is structured by the Public Land Survey System into several townships and ranges, including t3s r40w and t2s r40w. The contour work provided by the National Elevation Dataset reveals the intricate drainage patterns that characterize this high-latitude environment, where the landform of the ridge serves as a primary watershed divide in an area otherwise sparse of named human landmarks.