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Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of Alaska.
In 1939 Congress appropriate funds for the construction of naval air stations at Sitka and other sites in coastal Alaska. The Sitka station was built on Japonski Island, just west of Sitka Harbor, on land that had been under United States Navy jurisdiction since the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The Sitka Naval Air Station was formally commissioned ...
The Arctic is Alaska's most remote wilderness. A location in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska is 120 miles (190 km) from any town or village, the geographic point most remote from permanent habitation in the United States. With its numerous islands, Alaska has nearly 34,000 miles (55,000 km) of tidal shoreline.
An enlargeable topographical map of the state of Alaska A satellite photo of Alaska during winter. Geography of Alaska. Alaska is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location: westernmost North America. Northern and Western Hemisphere; Americas. North America. Anglo America; Northern America. United States of America ...
The 65th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 65 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.. At this latitude the sun is visible for 22 hours, 4 minutes during the June solstice and 3 hours, 35 minutes during the December solstice.
Interactive map of Devils Thumb: Location: Southeastern Alaska, U.S. and northwestern British Columbia, Canada: Parent range: Stikine Icecap, Boundary Ranges: Topo map(s) USGS Sumdum A-2 [1] NTS 104F1 Dominion Mountain [2] Climbing; First ascent: 1946 by Fred Beckey, Clifford Schmidtke, Bob Craig: Easiest route: rock/snow/ice climb
Mount Drum was active between 650,000 and 240,000 years ago. Late in that period, various separate dacitic domes were formed in a rough circle around the current summit at a radius about 4 miles (6 km); one such dome is the current Snider Peak (8,250 ft or 2,515 m) to the south of the main peak.
The Chilkoot Trail is reported to have spanned between 28 and 33 miles (45 and 53 km) from sea level at Dyea, Alaska to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, elevation 2602 ft. (642 m.). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Chilkoot Pass was an important milestone which travellers had to conquer in order to reach the Klondike.