| Earth from Polar Perspective |
Relative Locations vs. Absolute Locations
Relative location tells us "where something is" in relation to other places.
Absolute location refers to a geographic address
Where on Earth is Alaska?
- Relative - equal air distance from all major urban industrial centers of the world (Tokyo, Bejing, Moscow, Berlin, Paris, London, New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles)
- Part of "Northern World." Alaska shares the Arctic Ocean waters with Russia, Sweden, Norway, Greenland, and Canada. Theses are all countries located above the Arctic Circle, an arbitrary line of latitude at 66.5° North
- Absolute - Northwest portion of North America
| Satellite Photo of Alaska |
What are the physical dimensions of Alaska?
- 589,000 square miles - 3x size of California
- Alaska accounts for 16% of the US land area.
- Alaska's 589,194 square miles consists of 571,951 sq miles of land and 17.243 miles of inland waters.
- Furthest point East - AK/BC Border near Mt Walker, 6 Mi N/NE of Hyder, AK
- North - Point Barrow (71° 23’).
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