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 ...

2024年9月18日 · With a total land area of 665,384 square miles (1,723,337 square kilometers), Alaska is the largest US state. It surpasses the combined size of the next three largest states— Texas, California, and Montana. Compared to other countries, Alaska is roughly three times larger than France and five times larger than Germany.

6 天之前 · Alaska, constituent state of the United States of America. Admitted to the union as the 49th state on January 3, 1959, it lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent. The Alaska Peninsula is the Western Hemisphere’s largest peninsula, and Alaska’s Denali is North America’s highest peak.

Land area: With 586,412 square miles, or about 365,000,000 acres, Alaska is the largest state in the union and; one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states. Area per person: Approximately .91 square mile per person. Diameter: East to west, 2,400 miles; north to south, 1,420 miles.

The state is bordered by Canada on the east, the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean in the north, the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea in the west, and the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Alaska in the...

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 in ...

The geographic center (green arrow) of Alaska is located approximately 60 miles northwest (NW) of Mt. McKinley Latitude: 63° 50'N Longitude: 152° W: Total area: 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. Land area

2022年8月6日 · Alaska is an exclave of the United States of America. It is bordered by the Yukon Territory and British Columbia in Canada to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to …

At a very general level, Alaska is part of four general physiographic regions, the Interior Plains, Rocky Mountains, Intermontane Basins and Ranges, and the Pacific Mountains and Valleys (Figure PS.1) The Pacific Mountains and Valleys adjoin the Pacific Ocean and constitute the area where most Alaskans live.

2024年2月16日 · Alaska Geography. Home to the highest peak in North America, Denali, Alaska's geography is characterized by a plethora of breathtaking landscapes. These include the Arctic tundra up north, the lush forests of Interior Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea.