Gambell, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gambell, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Bering Sea to 610 ft on the east side
Elevation
610 ft 185 m460 ft 140 m380 ft 115 m230 ft 70 m76 ft 23 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gambell sits at about 200 ft (60 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
200 ft 60 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Bering Sea
Highest
610 ft 185 m
on the east side
Average
200 ft 60 m
all land inside city limits

Gambell spans about 610 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
200 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Bering Sea
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gambell
3 ft1 m
Airport (GAM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
30 ft9 m
Average of all land200 ft60 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gambell, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Bering Sea to 610 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
623 2024 est.
Land area
10.6 sq mi + 17.8 sq mi water
Density
59 per sq mi
Coordinates
63.7797° N, 171.7411° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Norton Sound
Airport
Gambell (GAM) 30 ft
ZIP codes 1
99742
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Diomede840 ft
  2. Gambell200 ft
  3. Savoonga66 ft
  4. Wales37 ft
  5. Nome33 ft
  6. Brevig Mission29 ft
  7. Emmonak14 ft
  8. Alakanuk11 ft
  9. Teller10 ft
  10. Port Clarence9 ft
  11. Nunam Iqua8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Ivekan Mountain1,720 ft
  • Olngooseenuk Mountain880 ft
  • Sevooghak Mountain610 ft
  • Sevuokuk Mountain610 ft
  • Marukta Mountain610 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; 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 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.