Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area 663,268 square miles (1,717,856 km2), and 48th most populous state of the 50 states of United States. The Alaska Map offers vital information on the exact location and diverse topography of the state. Alaska is located in the northwestern part ...
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Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area, 570,374 square miles (1,477,261 km). In fact, it covers more than twice as much land than the next largest state, Texas. If a map of Alaska were superimposed upon a map of the Continental United States, Alaska...
As no doubt you know, Alaska is a very large state. At 586,400 square miles and 1,479 miles in length, if Alaska were superimposed over the lower 48 it would span 3 time zones. It is over twice the size of Texas and has about 34,000 miles of shoreline which is twice the shorelin...
McBride Glacier is retreating faster than any other glacier in Glacier Bay. In 1948, when the U.S. Geological Survey made a map of Glacier Bay, McBride Glacier filled its fjord. In the 75 years since then, it has retreated over 4 miles. Retreat has accelerated in recent years, with abou...
The largest glacier is the Malaspina at 850 square miles. Five percent of the state, or 29,000 square miles, is covered by glaciers. On March 27, 1964, North America’s strongest recorded earthquake, with a moment magnitude of 9.2, rocked central Alaska. Each year Alaska has approximately ...
At least that lets us brag that Alaska has so many glaciers we haven't got around to labeling them all on the map. Texas can't top that one. The Stikine takes honors in Southeastern. Its 56,000 cubic feet of water discharged to the sea every second gives it 13th rank in the ...
Map of Arctic sea ice thickness and extent, March 1988 vs. March 2013. Multi-year ice is decreasing, leaving thinner weaker ice which melts more readily every year. / Courtesy NOAA Climate.gov team, based on data provided by Mark Tschudi, University of Colorado. ...
It claims the largest land of area of the 50 states, 586,400 square miles. It also contains the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere (Mount McKinley at 20,230 feet). It's span from the tip of the panhandle to the tip of the Aleutian Islands is equal to the span of the ...
Aside from its mainland peninsula, the state includes about 15,000 square miles (38,800 square km) of fjords and inlets and about 34,000 miles (54,400 km) of indented tidal coastline. In addition, most of the continental shelf of the United States lies along Alaska’s coast. In the ...