Shungnak, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shungnak, Alaska, shaded from 110 ft on the west side to 210 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
210 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m170 ft 50 m150 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m110 ft 35 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

Shungnak sits at about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
120 ft 35 m
few residents
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the west side
Highest
210 ft 65 m
on the southwest side
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside city limits

Shungnak spans about 100 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
120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
210 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shungnak
170 ft50 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m
Nearest peak
Cosmos Mountain, 7.7 mi north of the city limits (NGS survey)
3,121 ft951 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shungnak, Alaska, shaded from 110 ft on the west side to 210 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
246 2024 est.
Land area
8.0 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Coordinates
66.8881° N, 157.1364° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Kobuk River → Norton Sound
ZIP codes 1
99773
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hughes640 ft
  2. Alatna610 ft
  3. Allakaket430 ft
  4. Huslia190 ft
  5. Kobuk190 ft
  6. Ambler130 ft
  7. Kiana120 ft
  8. Shungnak120 ft
  9. Noorvik44 ft
  10. Buckland23 ft
  11. Selawik15 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Inerevuk Mountain3,420 ft
  • Cosmos Mountain3,121 ft
  • Asbestos Mountain2,880 ft
  • Bismark Mountain2,624 ft
  • Ingricherk Mountain1,560 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.