Yakutat City and Borough, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, shaded from sea level on Disenchantment Bay to 17,980 ft on Mount Saint Elias
Elevation
17,980 ft 5,480 m13,490 ft 4,110 m11,240 ft 3,425 m6,740 ft 2,055 m2,250 ft 685 m0 ft 0 m
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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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Borough area
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Elevation Data

Yakutat City and Borough averages about 2,510 ft (765 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Disenchantment Bay to 17,980 ft on Mount Saint Elias.

Average elevation
2,510 ft 765 m
all land inside the borough
Highest
17,980 ft 5,480 m
on Mount Saint Elias
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Disenchantment Bay

Yakutat City and Borough spans about 17,980 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,510 ft765 m
Highest point
Inside the borough, on Mount Saint Elias (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
17,980 ft5,480 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Disenchantment Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

61 mi south to north through Yakutat.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, shaded from sea level on Disenchantment Bay to 17,980 ft on Mount Saint Elias
City and Borough boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
City and Borough in Alaska, United States
Population
690 2024 est.
Land area
7,638.2 sq mi + 1,526.4 sq mi water
Density
0.1 per sq mi
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Gulf of Alaska
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average

  1. Copper River Census Area4,270 ft
  2. Yakutat City and Borough2,510 ft
  3. Chugach Census Area2,320 ft
  4. Hoonah-Angoon Census Area1,910 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Fairweather15,860 ft
  • Mount Hubbard14,980 ft
  • Mount Alverstone14,450 ft
  • Mount Watson12,380 ft
  • Haydon Peak11,850 ft
The one town in Yakutat City and Borough
  1. Yakutat78 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census city and borough boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 5 arc-second (≈510 ft, 154 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, −4 ft at 59.9049° N, 139.6090° 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 city and borough 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 city and borough.
  • 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.