Point Lay, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Point Lay, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Chukchi Sea to 80 ft on the east side
Elevation
80 ft 24 m60 ft 18 m50 ft 15 m30 ft 9 m10 ft 3 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
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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

Point Lay sits at about 28 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
28 ft 8 m
most residents: 18–39 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Chukchi Sea
Highest
80 ft 24 m
on the east side
Average
26 ft 8 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Point Lay spans about 80 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
28 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
80 ft24 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Chukchi Sea
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Point Lay
26 ft8 m
Average of all land26 ft8 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Point Lay, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Chukchi Sea to 80 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
330 2020 Census
Land area
28.5 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
69.7439° N, 163.0084° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Chukchi Sea
ZIP codes 1
99759
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Red Dog Mine1,100 ft
  2. Kiana120 ft
  3. Noatak100 ft
  4. Atqasuk94 ft
  5. Noorvik44 ft
  6. Wainwright28 ft
  7. Point Lay28 ft
  8. Utqiaġvik23 ft
  9. Point Hope16 ft
  10. Kotzebue8 ft
  11. Kivalina7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Poko Mountain3,245 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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, 0 ft at 69.8426° N, 162.9576° 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: 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.
  • Point Lay 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.