Alakanuk, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
37 ft 11 m29 ft 9 m24 ft 7 m16 ft 5 m8 ft 2 m4 ft 1 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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- 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.
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- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Alakanuk sits at about 11 ft (3 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
11 ft 3 m
most residents: 11–13 ft
Lowest
4 ft 1 m
on the northwest side
Highest
22 ft 7 m
on the west side
Average
11 ft 3 m
all land inside city limits
Alakanuk is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 18 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 11 ft3 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 22 ft7 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 4 ft1 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Alakanuk | 13 ft4 m |
| Airport (ENM) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi northeast of the city limits | 16 ft5 m |
| Average of all land | 11 ft3 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Population
- 718 2024 est.
- Land area
- 32.0 sq mi + 9.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 22 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 62.6889° N, 164.6153° W
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Bering Sea
- Airport
- Emmonak (ENM) 16 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 99554
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pitkas Point360 ft
- Pilot Station290 ft
- St. Mary's260 ft
- Mountain Village130 ft
- Chevak44 ft
- Scammon Bay33 ft
- Emmonak14 ft
- Stebbins12 ft
- Alakanuk11 ft
- Kotlik9 ft
- Nunam Iqua8 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Alaska338th highest of 355
- Towns in Kusilvak Census Area10th highest of 13
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
- 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 (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.