Chiniak, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chiniak, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Chinak Bay to 2,070 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,070 ft 630 m1,550 ft 475 m1,300 ft 395 m780 ft 235 m260 ft 80 m0 ft 0 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chiniak sits at about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
400 ft 120 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Chinak Bay
Highest
2,070 ft 630 m
on the southwest side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chiniak spans about 2,070 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
400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
2,070 ft630 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Chinak Bay
0 ft0 m
Airport (ADQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
79 ft24 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.9 mi south to north through the middle of Chiniak.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chiniak, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Chinak Bay to 2,070 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
61 2020 Census
Land area
38.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
57.5755° N, 152.2790° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Chinitna Bay
Airport
Kodiak (ADQ) 79 ft
ZIP codes 1
99615
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Old Harbor1,750 ft
  2. Karluk620 ft
  3. Aleneva520 ft
  4. Chiniak400 ft
  5. Larsen Bay210 ft
  6. Womens Bay140 ft
  7. Mill Bay100 ft
  8. Kodiak97 ft
  9. Port Lions93 ft
  10. Kodiak Station55 ft
  11. Ouzinkie49 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Crown Mountain4,240 ft
  • Center Mountain3,360 ft
  • Sharatin Mountain2,850 ft
  • Heitman Mountain2,290 ft
  • Mount Herman1,618 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.
  • Chiniak 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.