Is Alaska the furthest east state?

The Aleutian Islands cross longitude 180°, so Alaska can be considered the easternmost state as well as the westernmost. Alaska and, especially, the Aleutians are one of the extreme points of the United States.

What city is farthest east in the United States?

Eastport, easternmost city of the United States, in Washington county, eastern Maine.

Which state is farthest west?

Alaska’s As far as the most western state, Alaska's Aleutian Islands stretch right up to the edge of the Western Hemisphere at the 180º line of Longitude, thus the most western state in the country.

Is Maine the most eastern state?

The easternmost point of the contiguous states is Maine, at West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, stationed at 66 degrees 57 minutes west.

What is the longest state east to west?

From east to west, Hawaii is the widest U.S. state, measuring 1,500 miles from the island of Niihau to the island of Hawaii.

What is the easternmost point in the lower 48 states?

West Quoddy Head, Maine West Quoddy Head is the easternmost point in the continental US States. Located at 44°48'55.4"N 66°56'59.2"W, the West Quoddy Head is a peninsula situated in the southeastern portion of the Lubec town in Maine.

Which is farthest east?

Extreme Points of the United States (50 States)

		Distance 1
Extreme point	Latitude	mi.
Easternmost point: West Quoddy Head, Maine	44°49' N	1,788
Southernmost point: Ka Lae (South Cape), Hawaii	18°55' N	3,463
Westernmost point: Cape Wrangell, Alaska (Attu Island)	52°55' N	3,625

Which state is farthest south?

Hawaii Hawaii is the southernmost state. Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost and easternmost!

Is California longer than Texas?

Texas is about 1.7 times bigger than California.

What is the longest state in miles?

Alaska US State Flags:

No.	State	sq mi
1	Alaska	665,384
6	Arizona	113,990
29	Arkansas	53,178
3	California	163,695

What are the 2 farthest points in the US?

Greatest distance between any two points in the contiguous 48 states: 2,901 miles (4,669 km), from North Farallon Island, California, to Sail Rock, east of West Quoddy Head, Maine.

Which town is farthest in the east?

West Quoddy Head, Me., is the easternmost point, located 2,507 miles from the geographic center of the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska). The westernmost point is Cape Wrangell, Alaska, which is 3,625 miles west of center.

Which U.S. state is farthest from the ocean?

The furthest point from the coast in all of North America, is located in South Dakota. It is just north of the village of Allen in the Pine Ridge Reservation. The village of Allen itself, is the furthest inhabited place from the sea at 1,012 mi (1,629 km).

Is Texas bigger than Japan?

Texas is about 1.8 times bigger than Japan. Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 79% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~125.5 million people (100.4 million fewer people live in Texas).

Is California bigger than Japan?

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 7% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~125.5 million people (88.3 million fewer people live in California). We have positioned the outline of Japan near the middle of California.

What U.S. state is the smallest?

Rhode IslandU.S. state / Smallest

What is the widest state?

From east to west, Hawaii is the widest U.S. state, measuring 1,500 miles from the island of Niihau to the island of Hawaii. At only 6,423 sq. mi.

Is Texas bigger than Africa?

(If Texas were an African nation, it would only be the eighteenth largest, just a smidge above South Sudan and Somalia.) You could also fit like three Texases in Greenland, and a whopping twelve-and-a-half states the size of Texas in Brazil.

Can the UK fit in Texas?

A few more fun facts: Texas would be the 39th largest country in the world (out of 197) if it were its own country. You could fit all of the UK inside Texas 2.8 times. Even more amazingly, you could fit TEN European countries inside Texas at once, with room to spare.

Is China bigger than the US?

China has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles), which is 2.2% larger than the US land area of 9.1 million square kilometers (3.5 million square miles).

Is Germany or Texas Bigger?

Texas is about 1.9 times bigger than Germany. Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 90% larger than Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~80.2 million people (55.0 million fewer people live in Texas).

What is the only U.S. state that only borders one other?

Maine Maine is the only state to border exactly one other American state (New Hampshire).

What is the longest state to drive through?

Alaska Several states in the U.S. are rather long. When it comes to driving distance, Alaska is the longest.

Is Japan or Texas Bigger?

What US state is most like England?

New Hampshire, most have said how much it is like England, U.K. and how comfortable they were there in N.H.

How big is Russia vs USA?

Definitions

STAT	Russia
Comparative	approximately 1.8 times the size of the US
Comparative to US places	approximately 1.8 times the size of the US
Land	17 million sq km Ranked 1st. 86% more than United States
Per capita	120.79 sq km per 1,000 people Ranked 20th. 4 times more than United States

Is Canada bigger than USA?

Canada has a larger land mass than the United States. The land area of Canada is 3, 855, 103 square miles compared to America's 3, 794, 083, making Canada 1.6% larger that the States.

Is Australia bigger than USA?

Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. At 7 692 024 km2, it accounts for just five percent of the world's land area of 149 450 000 km2, and although it is the smallest continental land mass, it is the world's largest island.

Is Russia bigger than the US?

Russia is the largest country by far, with a total area of about 17 million square kilometers….The 30 largest countries in the world by total area (in square kilometers)

Characteristic	Area in square kilometers
Russia	17,098,242
Canada	9,984,670
USA	9,833,517

What is the only US state without a straight line in its border?

Hawaii America loves its straight-line borders. The only U.S. state without one is Hawaii – for obvious reasons (1). West of the Mississippi, states are bigger, emptier and boxier than back East.