Chenega, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chenega, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Prince of Wales Passage to 1,850 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,390 ft 425 m1,160 ft 355 m690 ft 210 m230 ft 70 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chenega sits at about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
460 ft 140 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Prince of Wales Passage
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the southwest side
Average
520 ft 160 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chenega spans about 1,850 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Prince of Wales Passage
0 ft0 m
Average of all land520 ft160 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the middle of Chenega.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chenega, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Prince of Wales Passage to 1,850 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
59 2020 Census
Land area
29.3 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
60.0919° N, 147.9947° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Gulf of Alaska
ZIP codes 1
99574
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sunrise2,020 ft
  2. Moose Pass750 ft
  3. Cooper Landing600 ft
  4. Tatitlek510 ft
  5. Primrose490 ft
  6. Chenega460 ft
  7. Crown Point460 ft
  8. Bear Creek160 ft
  9. Seward86 ft
  10. Whittier40 ft
  11. Lowell Point39 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pinnacle Mountain, Kenai Peninsula Borough5,300 ft
  • Saddle Peak2,990 ft
  • Iron Mountain, Chugach Census Area2,390 ft
  • Latouche Peak2,270 ft
  • Dual Head1,720 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • Chenega is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.