Whale Pass, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whale Pass, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Whale Passage to 1,050 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,060 ft 320 m790 ft 240 m660 ft 200 m400 ft 120 m130 ft 40 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Whale Pass sits at about 480 ft (145 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
480 ft 145 m
most residents: 99–620 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Whale Passage
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the north side
Average
260 ft 80 m
all land inside city limits

Whale Pass spans about 1,050 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
480 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Whale Passage
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Whale Pass
84 ft26 m
Average of all land260 ft80 m
Nearest peak
El Capitan Peak, 5.7 mi northwest of the city limits
2,570 ft785 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whale Pass, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Whale Passage to 1,050 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
87 2024 est.
Land area
19.9 sq mi + 8.2 sq mi water
Density
4.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
56.1153° N, 133.1208° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
99921
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Whale Pass480 ft
  2. Edna Bay320 ft
  3. Port Protection280 ft
  4. Thorne Bay140 ft
  5. Hollis120 ft
  6. Wrangell100 ft
  7. Point Baker75 ft
  8. Klawock73 ft
  9. Craig69 ft
  10. Naukati Bay62 ft
  11. Coffman Cove54 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Bay Mountain3,010 ft
  • The Nipples2,960 ft
  • Holbrook Mountain2,620 ft
  • El Capitan Peak2,570 ft
  • Steamer Knoll2,050 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.
  • 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, −1 ft at 56.1299° N, 133.0882° 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.
  • 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. All public domain.