Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Alaska
• Level 2: North Slope Borough

Current local time in Wainwright:

09:00 AM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Wainwright on map:^[1]

Wainwright GPS coordinates^[2]

70° 38' 12.984" North, 160° 2' 17.988" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	70.86872°,	-160.74146°
Center:	70.63694°,	-160.03833°
Lower-right:	70.40246°,	-159.33521°
Map W x H:	51.8×51.8 km	= 32.2×32.2mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑0% North
Wainwright:	70.63694°
min Lat:	⇓100% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Wainwright	max Long
-171.73463°	-160.03833°	-66.98998°
W 0.2%⇐		⇒99.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Wainwright is 7 m = 23 ft, and this is 287.8 m = 944 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	96.6%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Wainwright	7 m = 23 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	3.4%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Wainwright is located in North Frigid zone (between North Pole and Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 452.9 km =281.4 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Wainwright
North Pole	2153	1337.8	to North
Arctic Circle	452.9	281.4	to South
Tropic Cancer	5248.2	3261.1	to South
Equator	7854.1	4880.3	to South

Nearby cities:

2 places around Wainwright: (largest is in red/bold)

• Barrow 138.4 km =86 mi, 58°
• Noorvik 424.3 km =263.6 mi, 185°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Уэйнрайт
• In Chinese: 温赖特