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1993 Map of Valdez D-6

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Valdez D-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2001

About this map

Saint Anne Lake dominates the central corridor of this interior Alaskan landscape, serving as a primary hydrological landmark between the surrounding peaks. To the west, the waters of Kaina Lake and Kaina Creek drain the high country, while the southern reaches are defined by the sharp elevations of Wests Peak and Cranberry Peak. These summits overlook a network of drainage systems including Cranberry Creek and Marsh Creek, which navigate the transitional terrain between the mountains and the valley floors.

Technically anchored by the Base Line, the topography reflects a remote wilderness captured during the mid-20th-century surveys and updated with imagery from the early 1990s. The map illustrates a landscape shaped by glacial activity and high-altitude runoff, where the absence of established settlements highlights the environmental character of the Valdez D-6 quadrangle. The grid of township and range lines provides the only formal human structure over a terrain defined entirely by its water bodies and named peaks.