Utqiaġvik, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Chukchi Sea to 65 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
65 ft 20 m49 ft 15 m41 ft 12 m24 ft 7 m8 ft 2 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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Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Utqiaġvik sits at about 23 ft (7 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
23 ft 7 m
most residents: 17–32 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Chukchi Sea
Highest
65 ft 20 m
on the southwest side
Average
29 ft 9 m
all land inside city limits

Utqiaġvik spans about 65 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
23 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
65 ft20 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Chukchi Sea
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Utqiaġvik
28 ft9 m
Airport (BRW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
49 ft15 m
Average of all land29 ft9 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Chukchi Sea to 65 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
4,668 2024 est.
Land area
18.8 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
249 per sq mi
Coordinates
71.2906° N, 156.7886° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Chukchi Sea
Airport
Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial (BRW) 49 ft
ZIP codes 1
99723
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Anaktuvuk Pass2,120 ft
  2. Red Dog Mine1,100 ft
  3. Kobuk190 ft
  4. Ambler130 ft
  5. Noatak100 ft
  6. Atqasuk94 ft
  7. Nuiqsut39 ft
  8. Prudhoe Bay35 ft
  9. Wainwright28 ft
  10. Point Lay28 ft
  11. Utqiaġvik23 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.