Monday, June 7, 2010

Superlatives

True or False: Alaska is the most northern, eastern, and western state.

It probably comes as no surprise that Alaska boasts the northernmost (Point Barrow) and westernmost (Amatignak Island in the Aleutians) points in the United States, but the easternmost? Well, it depends on your criteria, but if you are looking at it longitudinally, the Aleutian Islands cross the International Date Line, which makes Pochnoi Point on Semisopochnoi Island the easternmost point in the entire U.S. territory.


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