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Plumage is brown in summer, changing to white in winter. The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska. State fish: King salmon, adopted 1962. State flower: Wild/native forget-me-not, adopted by the Territorial Legislature in 1917. [5] It is a perennial that is found throughout Alaska, from Hyder to the Arctic Coast, and west to the Aleutians.
Alaska is larger than all but 18 sovereign nations (it is slightly larger than Iran but slightly smaller than Libya). Alaska is home to 3.5 million lakes of 20 acres (8.1 ha) or larger. [3] Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover 188,320 square miles (487,700 km 2) (mostly in northern, western and southwest flatlands).
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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]
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 areas not served by road or rail, primary summer transportation is by all-terrain vehicle and primary winter transportation is by snowmobile, or "snow machine," as it is commonly referred to in Alaska. Alaska has the highest percentage of people whose method of commute to work is walking. [22] [clarification needed]