Did you know?
- 🗣Has no official language at the federal level.
- ✨Alaska is simultaneously the northernmost, westernmost AND easternmost state (the Aleutian Islands cross the 180° meridian).
- 📚The Library of Congress is the largest library on Earth — over 170 million items and 1,300 km of shelves.
- 🌪About 4% of the world's tornadoes happen here — more than any other country, mostly in 'Tornado Alley'.
- ✨Yellowstone sits on a supervolcano — its last major eruption rearranged the climate of the planet.
Location
38.00°, -97.00°
Actual size
Compared to Australia.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
United States
9,372,610 km²
vs Australia
1.22× bigger (+21.8%)
