Aleutians East Borough, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,350 ft 2,850 m7,010 ft 2,135 m5,840 ft 1,780 m3,500 ft 1,070 m1,170 ft 355 m0 ft 0 m
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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.
- Borough area
- Fades everything outside the official borough boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Aleutians East Borough averages about 650 ft (195 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Pacific Ocean to 9,350 ft on Shishaldin Volcano.
Average elevation
650 ft 195 m
all land inside the borough
Highest
9,350 ft 2,850 m
on Shishaldin Volcano
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Aleutians East Borough spans about 9,350 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 | 650 ft195 m |
| Highest point Inside the borough, on Shishaldin Volcano (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 9,350 ft2,850 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
58 mi west to east through Akutan.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Borough in Alaska, United States
- Population
- 3,632 2024 est.
- Land area
- 6,985.2 sq mi + 8,031.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.5 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Bering Sea 88%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average
- Lake and Peninsula Borough1,020 ft
- Aleutians West Census Area850 ft
- Aleutians East Borough650 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Boroughs and census areas in Alaska23rd highest of 26
- Counties in the United States2,140th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Shishaldin Volcano9,350 ft
- Pavlof Volcano8,270 ft
- Isanotski Peaks7,920 ft
- Pavlof Sister6,960 ft
- Pogromni Volcano6,460 ft
All 6 towns in Aleutians East Borough by typical elevation
- False Pass930 ft
- Akutan430 ft
- Sand Point140 ft
- Cold Bay77 ft
- Nelson Lagoon57 ft
- King Cove15 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census borough boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring boroughs and census areas 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 borough 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 borough.
- 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, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.