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Alaska Is Both the Westernmost AND Easternmost State

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Alaska Is Both the Westernmost AND Easternmost State
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Did you know Alaska is simultaneously the westernmost and easternmost US state? Its Aleutian Islands stretch so far they cross the 180° meridian - the line where west technically becomes east - putting a few islands in the Eastern Hemisphere. Alaska is also, less surprisingly, the northernmost state. Three records in one.

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