Kaktovik, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kaktovik, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Kaktovik Lagoon to 58 ft on the west side
Elevation
58 ft 18 m44 ft 13 m36 ft 11 m22 ft 7 m7 ft 2 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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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

Kaktovik sits at about 36 ft (11 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
36 ft 11 m
most residents: 23–48 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Kaktovik Lagoon
Highest
58 ft 18 m
on the west side
Average
41 ft 12 m
all land inside city limits

Kaktovik spans about 58 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
36 ft11 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
58 ft18 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Kaktovik Lagoon
0 ft0 m
Average of all land41 ft12 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the middle of Kaktovik.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kaktovik, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Kaktovik Lagoon to 58 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
272 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
351 per sq mi
Coordinates
70.1259° N, 143.6115° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Beaufort Sea
ZIP codes 1
99747
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wiseman2,340 ft
  2. Anaktuvuk Pass2,120 ft
  3. Arctic Village2,080 ft
  4. Coldfoot1,600 ft
  5. Venetie570 ft
  6. Chalkyitsik530 ft
  7. Fort Yukon440 ft
  8. Birch Creek430 ft
  9. Nuiqsut39 ft
  10. Kaktovik36 ft
  11. Prudhoe Bay35 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Michelson8,830 ft
  • Mount Hubley8,820 ft
  • Kikiktat Mountain, North Slope Borough5,611 ft
  • Okiotak Peak5,410 ft
  • Mount Weller4,670 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.