NORTH AMERICA

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Western Canada & Alaska

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Attu I.

Wrangel I.

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In 1867 William Henry Seward negotiated

the purchase of Alaska from Russia for
the price of $7,200,000, which amounted
to around two cents per acre (0.4 hectares).

A R C T I C

RUSSIAN
FEDERATION

Bering
Sea

Ber i n g S t r a

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135
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St. Lawrence I.

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Nunivak I.

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400

BRITISH
COLUMBIA

Queen Charlotte
Sound

Port Hardy
Vancouver I.

VICTORIA

135
B

Ro

Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Is.

On July 9, 1958, a massive landslide

dropped 40 million cubic yards
(30.6 million cu m) of rock into Lituya Bay,
creating a wave 1720 ft (524 m) high.

400

JUNEAU

Ketchikan

O C E A N

0 miles

YUKON
TERRITORY
WHITEHORSE

Gulf
of
Alaska

P A C I F I C

0 km

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Valdez

135

Fairbanks

Kodiak Cordova

The Aleutian Islands span some 1200 miles

(1800 km) and by crossing the 180 line of
longitude, form both the most easterly
and westerly extents of the United States.
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(part of USA)

Anchorage
Kodiak I.

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ALASKA

Alaska Ran

Unalaska I.

Prudhoe
Bay

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Mt McKinley
(Denali)
20,322ft (6194m)

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Umnak I.
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Dutch Harbor

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