Editing Ketchikan, Alaska (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Ketchikan, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-16, DD 67.jpg|thumb|Example of the extremely steep roads in Ketchikan.]]
{{wide image|Deer Mtn panorama.jpg|1200px|A panorama of downtown Ketchikan and surrounding terrain from the peak of [[Deer Mountain (Alaska)|Deer Mountain]] in October 2004. Pennock Island divides the [[Tongass Narrows]] on the left, and [[Gravina Island]] lies on the distant side of the Narrows.|center}}
Ketchikan's [[GPS]] [[geographic coordinates]] are latitude 55.342 (slightly south of both Copenhagen, Denmark at 55.676 and Glasgow, Scotland at 55.864) and longitude -131.648. The city is located in southernmost Southeast Alaska on [[Revillagigedo Island]], {{convert|700|mi|km}} northwest of [[Seattle, Washington]], {{convert|235|mi|km}} southeast of [[Juneau, Alaska]], and {{convert|88|mi|km}} northwest of [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia]], Canada. It is surrounded by the [[Tongass National Forest]], which is managed by the [[United States Forest Service]] from its headquarters in the [[Ketchikan Federal Building]] downtown, and to the south by the [[Tongass Narrows]], a narrow east–west saltwater channel, which is part of the [[Inside Passage]].

Due to its steep and forested terrain, Ketchikan is long and narrow with much of the built-up area being located along, or no more than a few city blocks from, the waterfront. Elevations of inhabited areas range from just above sea level to about {{convert|300|ft|m}}. [[Deer Mountain (Alaska)|Deer Mountain]], a {{convert|3001|ft|adj=on}} peak, rises immediately east of the city's downtown area.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|15.3|km2|order=flip}}. {{convert|11.3|km2|order=flip}} of it is land and {{convert|4.0|km2|order=flip}} of it (29.14%) is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0238970| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210211724/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0238970| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ketchikan city, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref>

The half-mile (800 m) wide channel called the Tongass Narrows separates Ketchikan from [[Gravina Island]], where [[Ketchikan International Airport]] is located.