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1404263. Website. juneau.org. Juneau (/ ˈdʒuːnoʊ / JOO-noh; Tlingit: Dzánti K'ihéeni [ˈtsʌ́ntʰɪ̀ kʼɪ̀ˈhíːnɪ̀]), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle.
Geography of Alaska. Alaska occupies the northwestern portion of the North American continent and is bordered only by Canada on the east. It is one of two U.S. states not bordered by another state; Hawaii is the other. Alaska has more ocean coastline than all of the other U.S. states combined. [ 1 ] About 500 miles (800 km) of Canadian ...
Juneau, Alaska geography stubs (76 P) Pages in category "Geography of Juneau, Alaska" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Tongass National Forest. The Tongass National Forest (/ ˈtɒŋɡəs /) in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at 16.7 million acres (26,100 sq mi; 6,800,000 ha; 68,000 km 2). Most of its area is temperate rain forest and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna.
Geology of Alaska. The geology of Alaska includes Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks formed in offshore terranes and added to the western margin of North America from the Paleozoic through modern times. The region was submerged for much of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic and formed extensive oil and gas reserves due to tectonic activity in ...
USGS Juneau B-2. Gastineau Peak is a mountain in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is a part of the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in western North America. It is located 1.6 miles west of Sheep Mountain and 2.4 miles southeast of the city of Juneau. The name was already in use and noted by United States ...
USGS Juneau B-2. Table Top Mountain is a mountain in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is a peak of the Boundary Ranges, located on Douglas Island 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Cropley Lake [ 2] and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of the city of Juneau. The United States Geological Survey named the mountain in 1962, and it was ...
Gastineau Channel. Coordinates: 58°17′42″N 134°24′26″W. Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska. A small vessel heads south through Gastineau Channel, preparing to sail beneath the Douglas Bridge in February, 2011. Gastineau Channel (Lingít: Séet Ká) is a channel between the mainland of the U.S. state of Alaska and Douglas Island in the ...