The largest state of the US, in the extreme north-west of North America, with coasts on the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans and on the Bering Sea; population 686,293 (est. 2008); capital, Juneau. The territory was purchased from Russia in 1867 and became the 49th state of the US in 1959.
The largest state of the US, in the extreme northwest of North America, with coasts on the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans and on the Bering Sea; population 686,293 (est. 2008); capital, Juneau. The territory was purchased from Russia in 1867 and became the 49th state of the US in 1959.