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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 ]
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 .
English short, formal names, and ISO Domestic short name(s) Capital Population 2021 Area Currency Sovereign state Legal status Aruba Country of Aruba ABW Dutch: Aruba: Oranjestad: 106,537 193 km 2 (75 sq mi) Aruban florin Netherlands: Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Bonaire [n 5] BES Dutch: Bonaire Papiamento: Boneiru ...
Alaska was officially incorporated as an organized territory in 1912. Alaska's capital, which had been in Sitka until 1906, was moved north to Juneau. Construction of the Alaska Governor's Mansion began that same year. European immigrants from Norway and Sweden also settled in southeast Alaska, where they entered the fishing and logging industries.
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
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country of the Kingdom ...
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 largest state by area is Alaska, encompassing 665,384 square miles (1,723,340 km 2), while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing 1,545 square miles (4,000 km 2). The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people ...