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ALASKA 

Description 

Alaska is a state within the U.S. it's been located on the northwest side extremity of the country's West Coast side , it's just located across the Bering Strait from Asia.

Alaska extends  five and above distinct regions including the Far North, South Central, Southeast, Southwest and Interior.

Facts About Alaska

Mountains

Out of all the 20 highest peaks in the United States, 17 of it are in Alaska. Denali, the highest peak of all  in North America, is 20,320 ft. above sea level. Denali, which is the Indian name for the peak, means "The Great One."

Water Bodies

The river called Yukon , which is almost 2,000 miles long, is recorded as the third longest river in the U.S. And there are more than 3,000 rivers in Alaska State and the state still have over 3 million lakes. The largest of them all is the "Lake Iliamna", encompasses over 1,000 square miles.

Glaciers

Alaska state has an estimate of about 100,000 glaciers, ranging from "tiny cirque glaciers" to the "huge valley glaciers". They still have more active glaciers and ice fields in Alaska more than the rest of the whole inhabited world. The largest of all the glacier is the Malaspina and it is at 850 square miles. The state Five percent, or 29,000 square miles, is all covered by glaciers.

Compass Points

Alaska Over U.S.

Alaska is proudly in the northernmost  part, the easternmost "Pochnoi Point on Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutians", and the westernmost "Amatignak Island in the Aleutians" part in the United States."

Coastline

Alaska has a recorded 6,640 miles of coastline and, including the islands, has 33,904 miles of shoreline.

Volcanoes

Alaska State has more than 70 potentially active volcanoes in the state. It severally have erupted in recent times. As recorded in history the most violent volcanic eruption of the century took place in 1912 when Novarupta Volcano erupted, creating the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes which is now a part of Katmai National Park.

Earthquakes

On the month of March 27, 1964, North America's strongest record of earthquake, with a moment magnitude of 9.2, rocked in central Alaska. Each and every year Alaska has approximately recorded (5,000) earthquakes, including (1,000) earthquake that was measured above 3.5 on the Richter scale (Measuring measures). Of all the ten strongest earthquakes in the world ever recorded, three have occurred in Alaska.

Common Misconceptions About Alaska

Most people that visits Alaska have pleasant surprises in store when they arrive to visit. There are three common misconceptions concerning Alaska are weather, prices and road conditions.

Bad Weather

In the third of all vacation, pleasure visitors find the weather is better than expected. During the summer time, average daytime temperatures throughout the state range from the 60s to the 90s.

Bad Road Conditions

Almost the whole lengthy part of the Alaska Highway is an asphalt surfaced, and with calculation approximately half of the roads in the state's highway system are paved.

High Prices

There is a contrary popular belief, the prices throughout Alaska are generally quite reasonable. to assist illustrate the value of a vacation, the subsequent chart provides high and low prices for a couple of of the fundamentals . More specific pricing could also be obtained within the Official State Vacation Planner

Climate

The climate of Alaska a second zone, features a continental climate is influenced within the winter by cold air from the Siberia and northern Canada . Average temperatures within the inside range from about 45 to 75 °F (7 to 24 °C) in summer and about 20 to −10 °F (−7 to −23 °C) in winter.

Tax Rate

The Alaska (AK) statewide nuisance tax rate is currently 0%. Individual municipalities have wide authority to line their own taxation rates, and nuisance tax are often as high as 7.5%. Alaska nuisance tax is monitored on a monthly basis for proposed changes to the state nuisance tax rate and when rate changes will become.