Alaska USA
The US State of Alaska
 Alaska
is the 49th state of the United States. Alaska was admitted to the Union on
January 3rd 1959. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the Aleut
word Alyeska, meaning great country, mainland or great land.
Where is Alaska?
Alaska is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada to the east,
the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering
Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west, and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean
to the north.
Alaska is the largest state by area in the United States.
US Postal abbreviation for Alaska is
AK.
The capital city is Juneau and the largest
city is Anchorage.
Population of Alaska
The population of the state of Alaska is 626,932, as of the 2000
census.
What time zone is
Alaska in?
Most of Alaska is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT-9). Almost all of Alaska is in the Alaska Time Zone. The western
most Aleutian islands and St. Lawrence island are on Hawaii-Aleutian
Time, which are 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-10) and where
Daylight-Saving Time is not observed
Current time now in
Alaska Zone
Time Zone: America Anchorage (USA Alaska Time)
Does
Alaska observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time is
observed in Alaska, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting
in an 8 hours difference behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-8).
After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1
hour resulting in the normal 9 hours difference behind GMT.
NB The Aleutian
Islands of Alaska operate to Hawaii
Time
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