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The southeast Alaskan coast is roughly as long as the west coast of Canada. The 2010 census population of southeast Alaska was 71,616 inhabitants, representing approximately 10% of the state's total population. About 45% of residents in the southeast Alaska region were concentrated in the city of Juneau, the state capital. As of 2018, the ...
South Central Alaska is the southern coastal region and contains most of the state's population. Anchorage and many growing towns, such as Palmer , and Wasilla , lie within this area. Petroleum industrial plants, transportation, tourism , and two military bases form the core of the economy here.
The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch’) [1] is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.
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 Donald Orth's Dictionary of Alaska Place Names (p. 64), the Alexander Archipelago received its name from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1867. The island chain is named for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. [6] On an 1860 map of Russian America (Alaska), the island group is called the King George III Archipelago.
Map of Southcentral Alaska Bear Glacier Lake and the Pacific Ocean in the Kenai Fjords. Southcentral Alaska (Russian: Юго-Центральная Аляска), also known as the Gulf Coast Region, [1] is the portion of the U.S. state of Alaska consisting of the shorelines and uplands of the central Gulf of Alaska.
In April, Alaska is at above normal fire potential — although May’s map is slightly less red than before.. The color green is used on the map’s key to represent places with a “below normal ...
Prince William Sound, on the south coast of Alaska. Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: Suungaaciq) is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.