Aleutians West Census Area, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,840 ft 2,085 m5,130 ft 1,565 m4,280 ft 1,305 m2,570 ft 780 m860 ft 260 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.
- Area area
- Fades everything outside the official census area boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Aleutians West Census Area averages about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Finger Bay to 6,840 ft on Mount Vsevidof.
Average elevation
850 ft 260 m
all land inside the census area
Highest
6,840 ft 2,085 m
on Mount Vsevidof
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Finger Bay
Aleutians West Census Area spans about 6,840 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 | 850 ft260 m |
| Highest point Inside the census area, on Mount Vsevidof (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 6,840 ft2,085 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets Finger Bay | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
53 mi west to east through Unalaska.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Census Area in Alaska, United States
- Population
- 5,424 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4,387.3 sq mi + 9,729.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 1.2 per sq mi
- Time zones
- Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10 / −9, Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Bering Sea 91%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average
- Aleutians West Census Area850 ft
- Aleutians East Borough650 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Boroughs and census areas in Alaska19th highest of 26
- Counties in the United States1,712th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Vsevidof6,840 ft
- Mount Recheshnoi6,380 ft
- Makushin Volcano5,970 ft
- Tanaga Volcano5,910 ft
- Great Sitkin Volcano5,710 ft
All 8 towns in Aleutians West Census Area by typical elevation
- Attu Station790 ft
- Unalaska610 ft
- Nikolski290 ft
- Atka160 ft
- St. George110 ft
- Eareckson Station100 ft
- St. Paul62 ft
- Adak22 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census census area boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 15 arc-second (≈1,520 ft, 463 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 census 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 census 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, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.