About Alaska:
Location:
in the extreme northwest portion of the
North American continent.
Capital: Juneau
Largest city: Anchorage
Important cities: Fairbanks, Valdez, Barrow (northernmost city in the US)
Nieghbours:
Canada
Geographic features: Alaska Range, Brooks Range, Alaska Peninsula, Seward Peninsula
Major rivers: Yukon, Kuskokwim, Tanana, Koyukuk, Porcupine
Islands: St Lawrence ISland, Kodiak Island, Nunivak Island
Surrounding Seas: Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific Ocean), Bering Strait, Arctic Ocean
Highest Point: Mount McKinley (6 193 m, 20 320 ft)