Thursday, April 21, 2016

Here is some "odd" trivia....a little known fact,...........Alaska has a longer coastline.........then does the entire continental USA.............all the states combined...........the 48 contiguous states....


Geography of Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Alaska is one of two U.S. states not bordered by another state; Hawaii the other. Alaskahas more ocean coastline than all of the other U.S. states combined. About 500 miles (800 km) of Canadian territory separate Alaska from Washington State. Alaska is thus an exclave of the United States that is part of the continental  ...

List of U.S. states by coastline - Wikipedia, the free ...

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This is a list of U.S. states ranked by their coastline length. States with no coastline are not ... Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The Coastline of the United States, 1975. ... Alaska, 7007106860441600000♤6,640 mi (10,690 km), 7000100000000000000♤1 .... Find more about

Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Alaska is a U.S. state situated in the northwest extremity of the Americas. The Canadian ... Alaska is the only non-contiguous U.S. state on continental North America; about 500 ... Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined. ... Alaska is the largest state in the United States in land area at 663,268 ...

Coastline of the United States - Infoplease

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Alaska (Pacific), 5,580, 31,383 ... Coastline of bays and sounds is included to point where they narrow to width of unit ... Figures were obtained in 1939–1940 with recording instrument on the largest-scale maps and charts then available.

The Top Ten: States with Longest Coastlines - Infoplease

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Rank, State, Bodies of Water, Miles—General Coastline. 1. Alaska, Pacific/Arctic, 6,640. 2. Florida, Atlantic/Gulf, 1,350 ... See Also: Coastline of the United States.

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