Alaska Page

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Alaska Facts:

Nearly one-third of Alaska lies within the Arctic Circle.

The Alaska Highway was originally built as a military supply road during World War II.

The state boasts the lowest population density in the nation.

The state's coastline extends over 6,600 miles.

Alaska accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the United States.

The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times.

Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field.

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline moves up to 88,000 barrels of oil per hour on its 800 mile journey to Valdez.

Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.

Juneau is the only capital city in the United States accessible only by boat or plane.

Alaska is the largest state in the Union. It is 1/5th the size of the entire United States. It comprises 586,412 square miles or approximately 365,000,000 acres. There is 47,300 miles of coast line, 3 million lakes and more than 3,000 rivers. From it's East to West borders it is over 2,400 miles, and from North to South it is over 1,420 miles.

Alaska is the last great wilderness in the United States. Civilization has only encroached on about 160,000 acres of its 365 million acres. This is less than 1/20th of 1% of the State, the rest is still untouched wilderness.

Alaska’s population is 621,400 (July 1998). Nearly half of the state’s residents live in Anchorage. Alaska has .93 square miles for each person in the state. By comparison, New York has .003 square miles per person.

The largest city in the U.S. is Sitka AK, with 4,710 square miles, 1,816 square miles of which are water. Juneau AK is second, with 3,108 square miles.

Here is an over lay of Alaska and the U.S.