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Central Alaska in late September 2010, as seen from a satellite. The state is bordered by Yukon and British Columbia, Canada to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug), Bering Sea, the Bering Strait, and the Chukchi Sea to the west, and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
Alaska's portion of the Inside Passage extends 500 miles (800 km) from north to south and 100 miles (160 km) from east to west. The area encompasses 1,000 islands and thousands of coves and bays. While the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska provides some protection from the Pacific Ocean weather, much of the area experiences strong semi-diurnal tides.
Point Barrow, Alaska – northernmost point in the United; Utqiaġvik, Alaska – northernmost incorporated place in all U.S. territory, population about; Fairbanks, Alaska – northernmost city of more than 20,000 residents, and northernmost incorporated city with public road
Plumage is brown in summer, changing to white in winter. The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska. State fish: King salmon, adopted 1962. State flower: Wild/native forget-me-not, adopted by the Territorial Legislature in 1917. [5] It is a perennial that is found throughout Alaska, from Hyder to the Arctic Coast, and west to the Aleutians.
Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km 2), with the next state, Wyoming, at 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km 2). [76] Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income). [77]
Alaska is the northwest extremity of the North American continent, separated from the U.S. West Coast by the Canadian province of British Columbia. The term Lower 48 has, for many years, been a common Alaskan equivalent for "contiguous United States"; [ 20 ] [ 21 ] today, many Alaskans use the term "Outside" for those states, though some may ...
West Virginia border on the shore of the Tug Fork River near the KY-VA-WV tripoint 36°33′15″N 89°34′17″W / 36.55417°N 89.57139°W / 36.55417; -89 Missouri border on the Mississippi River at the Madrid Bar in the Kentucky Bend
Afognak (Alutiiq: Agw’aneq; [1] Russian: Афогнак [2]) is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.It is 43 miles (69 km) long from east to west and 23 miles (37 km) wide from north to south and has a land area of 1,812.58 km 2 (699.84 sq mi), making it the 18th largest island in the United States.