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Savoonga Alaska Map

Explore Savoonga, Alaska, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Savoonga, Alaska

How to Use This Savoonga, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Savoonga, Alaska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alaska or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Savoonga.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Savoonga
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Nome
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	63.679706
Longitude	-170.483324
Population	835
Density	54.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99769
Area Code	907
School District	Bering Strait School District

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About Savoonga, Alaska

Savoonga is a locality in Nome, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 835. The population density is 54.9 people per km². Savoonga is located at 63.6797°N, 170.4833°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Savoonga is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99769.

Savoonga manifests as a resilient cluster of dwellings grounded upon an expansive, windswept interior plateau where the horizon stretches toward the Kookooligit Mountains. It lies 676.1 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 294°T), and is situated 162.9 miles west-southwest of Nome. The land surrounding Savoonga is defined by the persistent flow of Sawoonhak Creek, which carves a modest, serpentine path through the tundra, and the presence of Atuk Lake, a quiet basin seven miles distant that mirrors the shifting, subarctic light. During the colder months, the landscape hardens into a vast, muted expanse, while the distant, frozen silhouette of the Aneegulgit glacier serves as a silent, monolithic witness to the slow passage of geological time. The air here holds a crisp, sharp clarity, carrying the scent of damp earth and lichen across the open plains, grounding the spirit in a place where the scale of the terrain humbles the human footprint.

Generations of inhabitants have built a life in Savoonga by honoring ancestral traditions of land stewardship and subsistence that remain central to the local economy today. The daily rhythm is dictated by the seasonal movements of the interior wilderness, with ivory carving serving as a distinctive craft that reflects both historical ingenuity and the artistic heritage of the people. While the modern world touches Savoonga through bush plane connections and the quiet endurance of its residents, the character of the place remains deeply tied to the rhythms of the earth, far removed from the bustle of urban centers. Life in Savoonga persists with a deliberate, steady pace, defined by a profound connection to the immediate environment and a collective commitment to maintaining a way of life that has weathered the immense, quiet pressures of the northern interior for centuries.

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