Nome Census Area, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,710 ft 1,435 m3,530 ft 1,075 m2,940 ft 895 m1,760 ft 540 m590 ft 180 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
Nome Census Area averages about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Bering Sea to 4,710 ft on Mount Osborn.
Average elevation
590 ft 180 m
all land inside the census area
Highest
4,710 ft 1,435 m
on Mount Osborn
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Bering Sea
Nome Census Area spans about 4,710 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 | 590 ft180 m |
| Highest point Inside the census area, on Mount Osborn (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 4,710 ft1,435 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Bering Sea | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
140 mi south to north through Nome.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Census Area in Alaska, United States
- Population
- 9,836 2024 est.
- Land area
- 22,969.9 sq mi + 5,320.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.4 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Norton Sound 75%, Chukchi Sea 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,240 ft
- Northwest Arctic Borough980 ft
- Nome Census Area590 ft
- Kusilvak Census Area200 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Boroughs and census areas in Alaska24th highest of 26
- Counties in the United States2,219th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Osborn4,710 ft
- Grand Singatook3,860 ft
- Mount Bendeleben3,730 ft
- Brooks Mountain2,850 ft
- Granite Mountain2,850 ft
All 17 towns in Nome Census Area by typical elevation
- Diomede840 ft
- Gambell200 ft
- White Mountain140 ft
- Savoonga66 ft
- Elim60 ft
- Koyuk47 ft
- Wales37 ft
- St. Michael36 ft
- Golovin33 ft
- Nome33 ft
- Brevig Mission29 ft
- Unalakleet16 ft
- Shaktoolik14 ft
- Stebbins12 ft
- Teller10 ft
- Port Clarence9 ft
- Shishmaref6 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 9 arc-second (≈910 ft, 278 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.
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −19 ft at 65.7613° N, 168.9038° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
- 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.