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| A Adak Akiachak Akiak Akutan Alakanuk Aleknagik Allakaket Anaktuvuk Pass Anchor Point Anchorage Anderson Angoon Aniak Anvik Arctic Village Atka Atqasuk Auke Bay B Barrow Beaver Bettles Field Big Lake Brevig Mission Buckland C Cantwell Central Chalkyitsik Chefornak Chevak Chicken Chignik Lagoon Chignik Lake Chignik Chitina Chugiak Circle Clam Gulch Clarks Point Clear Coffman Cove Cold Bay College Cooper Landing Copper Center Cordova Craig Crooked Creek | D Deering Delta Junction Denali National Park Dillingham Dutch Harbor E Eagle River Eagle Eek Egegik Eielson AFB Ekwok Elfin Cove Elim Elmendorf AFB Emmonak Ester F Fairbanks False Pass Flat Fort Richardson Fort Wainwright Fort Yukon Funny River G Galena Gambell Girdwood Glennallen Goodnews Bay Grayling Gustavus H Haines Healy Holy Cross Homer Hoonah Hooper Bay Hope Houston Hughes Huslia Hydaburg Hyder | I Iliamna Indian J Juneau K Kake Kaktovik Kalskag Kaltag Karluk Kasigluk Kasilof Kenai Ketchikan Kiana King Cove King Salmon Kipnuk Kivalina Klawock Knik Kobuk Kodiak Kotlik Kotzebue Koyuk Koyukuk Kwethluk Kwigillingok L Lake Minchumina Larsen Bay Levelock Lower Kalskag M Manley Hot Springs Manokotak Marshall McGrath Mekoryuk Metlakatla Meyers Chuck Minto Moose Pass Mountain Village | N Naknek Napakiak Nenana New Stuyahok Nightmute Nikiski Nikolai Nikolski Ninilchik Noatak Nome Nondalton Noorvik North Pole Northway Nuiqsut Nulato Nunapitchuk O Old Harbor Ouzinkie P Palmer Pedro Bay Pelican Perryville Petersburg Pilot Point Pilot Station Platinum Point Baker Point Hope Point Lay Port Alexander Port Alsworth Port Heiden Port Lions Prudhoe Bay Q Quinhagak R Rampart Red Devil Ruby Russian Mission S Saint George Island Saint Marys Saint Michael Saint Paul Island Salcha Sand Point Savoonga | Scammon Bay Selawik Seldovia Seward Shageluk Shaktoolik Sheldon Point Shishmaref Shungnak Sitka Skagway Skwentna Sleetmute Soldotna South Naknek Stebbins Sterling Stevens Village Sutton T Takotna Talkeetna Tanacross Tanana Tatitlek Teller Tenakee Springs Tetlin Thorne Bay Togiak Tok Toksook Bay Trapper Creek Tuluksak Tuntutuliak Tununak Two Rivers Tyonek U Unalakleet Unalaska V Valdez Venetie W Wainwright Wales Ward Cove Wasilla White Mountain Whittier Willow Wrangell Y Yakutat |
Interesting Facts ~ Alaska is the 48th most populous and the 1st most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~ Attained statehood on January 3, 1959, becoming the 49th state to join the union ~ ~ Name Alaska means “mainland” or “great land” ~ There are more than 3 million lakes ~ ~ Alaska was discovered in 1741 when Vitus Jonassen Bering spotted it on a trip from Siberia ~ ~ US purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for just $7.2 million dollars, 2 cents per acre ~ ~ Alaska Is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined ~ ~ Longer coastline (6,640 miles), that’s more than all the other U.S. states combined ~ ~ Has an estimated 100,000 glaciers ~ Alaska has been called “America’s Last Frontier” ~ ~ Only state in the US with land in the eastern hemisphere ~ ~ Some areas, more bears than people~ Alaska and Russia are approximately 55 miles apart ~ ~ Only state the letters in the name of which can be typed on the same row of the keyboard ~ ~ Wild Alaskan salmon is a powerhouse of nutrition ~ Fairbanks can range -60°F To +90°F ~ ~ Denali (Mt McKinley) is the highest mountain peak of the US and North America; 20,310 ft ~ ~ Whales migrate through waters ~ Has 114 seaplane bases, far more than any other state ~ ~ Largest concentration of pilots in the US is in Alaska ~ 1/3 of worlds Bald Eagles live here ~ ~ Malamute dog from Alaska is one of the oldest domesticated breed in the world ~ ~ Kodiak Island is home to the largest subspecies of brown bear ~ ~ There are more Volcanoes here than in any other state ~ ~ Parts see 24 hours of daylight for weeks in the Summer ~ Giant moose with 6′ antlers ~ ~ Parts also see 24 hours of darkness for weeks in the Winter ~ ~ Coldest temperature ever recorded in the US, -80°F in Prospect Creek in 1971 ~ ~ Kodiak bear is one of the world’s largest carnivores ~ ~ Of the 20 highest mountains in the US, 17 are in Alaska ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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