Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Alaska
• Level 2: Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Current local time in Ketchikan:

10:42 AM, Tuesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Ketchikan on map:^[1]

Ketchikan GPS coordinates^[2]

55° 20' 30.48" North, 131° 38' 51.252" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	55.73964°,	-132.3507°
Center:	55.3418°,	-131.64757°
Lower-right:	54.93993°,	-130.94445°
Map W x H:	88.9×88.9 km	= 55.2×55.2mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑0.5% North
Ketchikan:	55.3418°
min Lat:	⇓99.5% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Ketchikan	max Long
-171.73463°	-131.64757°	-66.98998°
W 1.2%⇐		⇒98.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Ketchikan is 5 m = 16 ft, and this is 289.8 m = 951 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	98.1%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Ketchikan	5 m = 16 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	1.9%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Ketchikan is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1247.7 km =775.3 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Ketchikan
North Pole	3853.6	2394.5	to North
Arctic Circle	1247.7	775.3	to North
Tropic Cancer	3547.5	2204.3	to South
Equator	6153.4	3823.5	to South

Nearby cities:

6 places around Ketchikan: (largest is in red/bold)

• Craig 95.9 km =59.6 mi, 278°
• Kake 230.8 km =143.4 mi, 321°
• Klawock 94.3 km =58.6 mi, 284°
• Metlakatla 24.2 km =15 mi, 169°
• Petersburg 182.6 km =113.5 mi, 333°
• Wrangell 133.5 km =83 mi, 340°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Кетчикан
• In Chinese: 克奇坎