Size: 591,004 square miles. (approximately 1/5th the size of the total area of the United States)
Population: 614,010
Statehood: January 3, 1959
State Motto: “North to the Future”
State tree: Sitka Spruce
State fish: Salmon
State Fossil: Wooly Mammoth
State Marine Animal: Bowhead Whale
Stae mineral: Gold
State gem: Jade
State Sport: Dog Mushing
State flower: Forget-me-not
State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
Longest River: Yukon River (1,400 of the total 1,770 miles of the river are in Alaska). The Yukon is also the 5th longest river in North America.
Largest Lake: Lake Iliamna, with 1,000 square miles.
Highest peak:
Mt. McKinley 20,320 feet (This is also the highest peak in all of North America)
Here is a web site with some more interesting, fun facts about Alaska.
