ALASKA QUICK FACTS Name The word Alaska comes from the Native Alaskan Aleut people The Aleut word Alyeska means the great land State Capital Juneau population 32 406 Date of Statehood January 3 1959 49ch state Population 736 732 48ch most populous state Area Total Land and Water 665 384 square miles 1 723 337 sq km the largest state Largest City Anchorage population 301 010 Nicknames The Last Frontier The Great Land Land of the Midnight Sun Seward's Folly Seward's Icebox Forget Me Nots Motto North to the Future State Bird Willow Ptarmigan State Flower Forget Me Not ALASKA
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Gold State Mineral Gold State Tree Sitka Spruce State Song Alaska's Flag SOUDA Highest Point Denali formerly known as Mount McKinley 20 310 feet 6 190 m Lowest Point Pacific Ocean 0 feet 0 m Denall Average July High Temperature 64°F 18°C in Juneau 60°F 16°C in Cook Inlet Anchorage area 73°F 23°C in Fairbanks 58°F 14°C in Nome Record High Temperature 100°F 38°C in Fort Yukon on June 27 1915 Average January Low Temperature 24°F 4°C in Juneau 9°F 13°C in Cook Inlet Anchorage area 16°F 27°C in Fairbanks 2°F 19°C in Nome Record Low Temperature 80°F 62°C in Prospect Creek on January 23 1971 Average Annual Precipitation 11 inches 28 cm in the north to more than 172 inches 437 cm in parts of the central Panhandle Pacific Ocean Number of U S Senators 2 PÁSKA Number of U S Representatives 1 U S Postal Service Abbreviation AK QUICK FACTS N
ALASKA GEOGRAPHY laska is by far the largest state It covers 665 384 square miles 1 723 337 sq km Its coastline measures about 6 600 miles 10 622 km That is more coast than all the other states combined The 10 highest mountains in the United States are all found in Alaska Denali formerly known as Mount McKinley is the highest in North America It rises 20 310 feet 6 190 m high The largest glacier in North America is Alaska's Bering Glacier It covers about 2 008 square miles 5 201 sq km There are more than 3 million lakes and 3 000 rivers in Alaska The Yukon River is the third longest river in North America It winds 1 980 miles 3 187 km across Alaska and Yukon Canada Denali formerly known as Mount McKinley means The Great One ALASKA
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARCTIC OCEAN BEAUFORT SEA Barrow ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN Point Hope RUSSIA Fairbanks CANADA Alaska BERING SEA Anchorage Nuniva Juneau Sitka Ketchikan GULF OF ALASKA Kodiak Island Chiant PACIFIC OCEAN Alaska's total land and water area is 665 384 square miles 1 723 337 sq km It is by far the largest state The state capital is Juneau GEOGRAPHY
