On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 at 22:26:44 in message ,
PJ Hunt wrote:
We're the furthest North and the furthest Western state with more coastline
that the entire lower 48 combined, about 3 times the size of Texas and if
Alaska was placed on top of the lower 48 it would just about cover from the
west coast to the east coast. We have something along the lines of 3
million lakes, and 7000 river systems and Mt McKinley (Denali) at 20,320
feet. Denali park alone is over 6 Million acres.

According to the Times World Atlas (it just happened to be handy!):

USA 3,614,170 sq miles 100%
Alaska 570,680 sq miles 15.79%
Texas 261,950 sq miles 7.25%
California 156,260 sq miles 4,32%
Montana 145,350 sq miles 4.02%
New Mexico 121,300 sq miles 3.36%

Alaska is VERY BIG but not quite that big. Equivalent to Texas,
California and Montana combined.

I don't think there is any standard way of measuring coastlines? I
presume your 'coverage' includes the long line of the Aleutian Islands?
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David CL Francis