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Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21 sq mi (54 km 2), of which 3 sq mi (7.8 km 2) are covered by water (14% of the total area). The predominant land type in Utqiagvik is tundra , which is formed over a permafrost layer that is as deep as 1,300 ft (400 m).
CITY GUIDES: Alaska’s largest city is a place to climb mountains and meet local wildlife, discovers Alan Dymock, with post-adventure refreshments available in 12 different breweries to delight ...
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska.It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle).
Shishmaref (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ ʃ m ə r ɛ f / SHISH-mə-ref; [4] Inupiaq: Qigiqtaq, IPA: or Kigiqtaq; Russian: Шишмарёв, IPA: [ʂɨʂmɐˈrʲɵf]) is a city [5] [6] in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland.
At 1,706 sq mi (4,420 km 2) of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the U.S. [11] Anchorage is in Southcentral Alaska, at the terminus of the Cook Inlet, on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. [12]
Map of Alaska's area code, 907, as well as the other dialing codes surrounding it. Area code 907 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Alaska, except for the small southeastern community of Hyder, which uses area codes 236, 250, and 778 of neighboring Stewart, British Columbia.
Ennis, Alaska is modeled on real towns like Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow. Ennis isn't a real town, but the show was based on a real area in the northernmost state: North Slope Borough, Alaska.