Nome ANVSA, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,160 ft 350 m870 ft 265 m720 ft 220 m430 ft 130 m140 ft 45 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official statistical area boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Nome ANVSA averages about 140 ft (45 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Safety Sound to 1,155 ft on Newton Peak.
Average elevation
140 ft 45 m
all land inside the statistical area
Highest
1,155 ft 352 m
on Newton Peak
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Safety Sound
Nome ANVSA spans about 1,160 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 140 ft45 m |
| Highest point Inside the statistical area, on Newton Peak (NGS survey height) | 1,155 ft352 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets Safety Sound | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.7 mi south to north through Nome.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Alaska Native village statistical area in Alaska, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Population
- 3,794 2020 Census
- Land area
- 124.5 sq mi + 9.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 30 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Norton Sound
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average
- Council ANVSA290 ft
- Nome ANVSA140 ft
- White Mountain ANVSA61 ft
- Teller ANVSA57 ft
- Mary's Igloo ANVSA12 ft
- Solomon ANVSA10 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Tribal lands in Alaska127th highest of 222
- Tribal lands in the United States521st highest of 704
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Newton Peak1,155 ft
- Anvil Mountain, Nome Census Area1,120 ft
- North Newton Peak1,060 ft
- Army Peak615 ft
- Reindeer Hill, Nome Census Area480 ft
The one town in the statistical area
- Nome33 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census statistical area boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 64.4843° N, 164.9318° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
- Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
- Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
- Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the statistical area with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the statistical area.
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Alaska: much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.