If you place Alaska, with all of its islands, on top of the “continental” United States, it spans from the Great Lakes to Texas, and from Florida to California.
At 591,000 square miles, Alaska is larger than Texas, California,and Montana combined.
The coastline of Alaska is longer than the coastline of the continental United States.
Of Alaska’s 3 million lakes, the largest (Lake Iliamna) is the size of Connecticut.
Alaska’s mainland is only 51 miles away from Russia.
Alaska has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in North America (Mt. McKinley is the highest at 20,320 feet).
Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 for under 2 cents per acre.
The name “Alaska” comes from an Aleut word meaning “The Great Land”
Astronauts say they can see the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline from outer space.
Due to long summer days in Alaska, giant vegetables are common, such as a 98-pound cabbage recorded in 1990.
Alaska has two of the three biggest islands in the U.S. - Kodiak and Prince of Wales.
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