In some areas of Alaska there is
24 hours of daylight  
Alaska is HUGE!

We are 2 times the size of Texas (Tallest in North America)

• We have 29 volcanoes
• 586,400 Square Miles
• 33,000 miles of coastline!
• 1,400 miles North to South
• 2,700 miles East to West
• Over 1/2 the world's Glaciers
• 55 miles east of Russia
• We are the only state to have coastlines on three different seas.
  Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.

Records

• Record high temperature: 1915 +100 oF
• Record low temperature: Tanana -78 oF
• High tides of 37 feet
• Snow: 24 hours; 62 inches
  1 year; 974 inches (Thompson Alaska, near Valdez).

Mountains

• Mount Elias: 18,008 feet

• State Motto: North to the future.
• State Flower: Forget-me-not.
  The plant grows well in most of Alaska's varied climate.
• State Bird: Alaska Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus alascensis Swarth)
  It can change it's color from light brown to snow white. The willow ptarmigan was named Alaska's state bird in 1955.
• State Tree: Sitka spruce (picea sitchenensis)
  The evergreen is found throughout the southeastern and central areas of Alaska.
• State Marine Mammal: Bowhead whale
• State Fish: King salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
  King salmon weighing up to 100 lb. have been caught in Alaska. The king salmon is also known as the chinook salmon and is a popular sport fish. It became the state fish in 1962.
• State Sport: Dog Mushing
  It once was the primary form of transportation in most of Alaska. Today dog sled racing is a popular winter sport. It was adopted as the state sport in 1972.

• Kodiak Bear; 1,400 pounds, 11 feet tall
• Polar Bear; 1,400 pounds, 11 feet tall
• Grizzly Bear (Brown Bear); 800 pounds, 9 feet tall
• Moose; 1,350 pounds, 5 feet high to shoulder
  Antlers span; 72 inches

Mount Denali: 20,320 feet

• Foraker - 17,400 feet
• Bona - 16,500 feet
• Blackburn - 16,390 feet
• Sanford - 16,237 feet
• Vancouver - 15,700 feet
• Churchhill - 15,638 feet
• Fairweather - 15,300 feet
• Hubbard - 15,015 feet
• Bear - 14,831
• Purchased from Russia in 1867 for under 2 cents an acre.

Official

• State Gem: Jade
  Alaska has a large deposit of jade, including an big mountain filled with dark green jade on the Seward Peninsula.
• State Mineral: Gold
  The search for gold played a major role in shaping the history of Alaska, from the discovery of gold in Juneau to the great gold rush at Nome. Gold was named the state mineral in 1968.
• State Insect: Four spot skimmer dragonfly

Islands (largest)

• Kodiak - 3,588 square miles
• Prince of Wales - 2,770 square miles
• Chichagof - 2,062 square miles

Lakes (largest)

• Iliamna - 1,000 square miles
• Becharof - 458 square miles
• Teshekpuk - 315 square miles
• Naknek - 242 square miles

Longest River

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  • Yukon - Total of 2,300 miles, 1,875 in Alaska