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This is a list of islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make Alaska the largest state in the United States . [A] [ 1 ]
Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area at 570,380 square miles (1,477,300 km 2), over twice (roughly 2.47 times) as large as Texas, the next largest state, and is the seventh largest country subdivision in the world, and the third largest in North America, about 20.4% smaller than Denmark's autonomous country of ...
The following is a list of the major island groups of North America. Arctic Ocean ... Kodiak Island, largest island of Alaska and the world's 80th largest island;
Arctic Alaska or Far North Alaska is a region of the U.S. state of Alaska generally referring to the northern areas on or close to the Arctic Ocean. It commonly includes North Slope Borough , Northwest Arctic Borough , Nome Census Area , and is sometimes taken to include parts of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area .
Nugent Island Surville Cliffs, North Cape (mainland) 29°13′S 34°23′S Uruguay: Quarai River south of Dirceu Barcelos: 30°05′S Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Steeple Island: 51°02′S South Georgia (United Kingdom) Cape North: 53°58′S Antarctica: Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic Zone (South Orkney Islands) 63°23′S 60°35′S
The name "Alaska" (Russian: Аля́ска, romanized: Aljáska) was introduced during the Russian colonial period when it was used to refer to the Alaska Peninsula. It was derived from an Aleut-language idiom, alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or, more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed". [10] [11] [12]
Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.
English: Turks and Caicos Islands: Cockburn Town: 45,114 430 km 2 (166 sq mi) United States dollar United Kingdom: British Overseas Territory: United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands of the United States VIR English: United States Virgin Islands — Virgin Islands of the United States: Charlotte Amalie: 100,091 1,910 km 2 (737 sq mi) United ...