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How big is Alaska?
586,400 square miles (largest state in the union; one-fifth the size of lower 48)
Two times the size of Texas
29 volcanos
33,000 miles of coastline!
1,400 miles north to south
2,700 miles east to west
Over 1/2 the world's glaciers, the largest (Malaspina) of which encompasses 850 square miles
55 miles east of Russia
Only state to have coastlines on three different seas: Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.
The 3.5 million acres of the Alaska State Park System constitutes the largest park system in the United States.
The Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States. It covers almost the whole of Southeast Alaska.