Which is the largest US state? What is the motto of that state? What is the population of that state? And what is the capital of Alaska? Here are some Alaska Fast Facts
Did you know Alaska is not only the most Northern part of the United States, and the most western, but also the most eastern state? That is because the Aleutian Islands, (SW Alaska extending in an arc 1700 miles [ 2735 kilometers] SW & W from the Alaska Peninsula) extend over the international date line. This makes Alaska, the only part of the United States, that extends into the Eastern hemisphere. Alaska Fast Facts: Largest Cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Soldotna State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan State Flower: Forget Me Not (myosotis alpestris)
State Tree: Sitka spruce (picea sitchensis) State Song: Alaska's Flag (click to hear it) Click here for history of Flag State Web Site: www.state.ak.us Denali got it's European name "Mount McKinley" during the 1896 Cook Inlet gold stampede and it wasn't until 1980, the name Mount McKinley National Park was officially changed to Denali National Park and Preserve. |
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Alaska is BIG!
ALASKA covers 570,373 square miles of land, and an additional 45,000 square miles of water. It's the biggest state in the country and is 1/5 the mass of the continental U.S. ALASKA is 2.3 times the size of Texas, 10 times the size of Georgia or Florida; and 499.7 times the size of Rhode Island. ALASKA has 33,904 miles of coastline and 1/2 the worlds glaciers. |
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