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Geography of Alaska

Can you answer these random questions about the geography of Alaska?
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What is the tallest mountain in North America?
Denali
What was the former official name of the above?
Mount McKinley
What is the state capital of Alaska?
Juneau
What is the most populous city in Alaska?
Anchorage
On what ocean inlet is the above ocated?
Cook Inlet
What famous annual sled dog race is run in early March and starts from that city?
Iditarod
in what city does that race end?
Nome
With which Canadian territory does the longest river in Alaska share its name?
Yukon
What is the name of the strait between Alaska and Russia?
Bering Strait
What Alaskan town is the northernmost settlement in the United States?
Barrow
What is the most populous inland city of Alaska?
Fairbanks
What major gulf is located south of Alaska?
Gulf of Alaska
What is the most common nickname of Alaska - although it isn't official?
The Last Frontier
What Canadian province does Alaska border?
British Columbia
What 1,200 mile long island chain belongs mostly to Alaska?
Aleutian Islands
What group of similar culturally indigenous peoples inhabit the Arctic regions of Alaska?
Inuit
What is the name of the northernmost national park in the United States?
Gates of the Arctic
What is the largest island of Alaska?
Kodiak Island
What is the only state whose percentage of territory owned by the federal government
is higher than of Alaska's?
Nevada
What federal agency owns and manages 23.8% of the land in Alaska?
BLM
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Level 55
Jun 25, 2021
Can you accept National Park Service for the last question, because they also own that amount of Land in Alaska?

https://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/federal-land-management-states

Other than that, great quiz!