Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area at 570,380 square miles (1,477,300 km 2), over twice (roughly 2.47 times) as large as Texas, the next largest state, and is the seventh largest country subdivision in the world, and the third largest in North America, about 20.4% smaller than Denmark's autonomous country of G...

2024年9月18日 · Physical map of Alaska showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about Alaska.

3 天之前 · Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands , Alaska’s westernmost portion is …

Geographic center: 63° 50' north latitude, 152° west longitude, about 60 miles northwest of Denali. Northernmost point: Point Barrow, 71° 23' 25" north latitude, 156° 28' 30", west longitude.

Alaska (/ ə ˈ l æ s k ə / ⓘ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii.Alaska is also considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost (the Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian into the eastern hemisphere) state …

Alaska Geographic makes Alaska’s public lands more accessible to everyone and keeps them wild for future generations. Since 1959, AK Geo has been supporting Alaska’s public lands. We’re the official nonprofit education partner of Alaska’s …

2025年1月17日 · Alaska, which gained statehood in 1959, petitioned the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1975 to change the peak’s name to Denali. But Ohio representatives of Congress continuously blocked these ...

2025年1月22日 · Alaska comprises eight distinct physiographic and environmental regions. Much of the mainland panhandle region, a narrow strip of land 25 to 50 miles (40 to 80 km) wide lying east and south of the St. Elias Mountains, is composed of the Boundary Ranges.

Alaska, the largest outlying possession of the United States, is that great land mass forming the northwestern extremity of the North American continent, whose western point is within 60 miles of the Asiatic coast (PI. II).

Alaska covers 656,425 square miles, making it the largest of the 50 states and more than twice the size of Texas, the second largest state. Approximately 570,374 square miles of Alaska are land areas. Approximately 86,051 square miles of Alaska are …