5 Regions of Alaska
Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska
Alaskan Regions
South Central Alaska
Arctic Region
Arctic Ocean
- North of the Brooks Range, fairly empty
- Barrow: city on the Arctic Ocean
- Long periods of daylight in summer and darkness in winter
Interior, Alaska
South Central Alaska
- Thin strip of mainland and islands
Anchorage, Alaska
The Interior
Mountain Ranges, Alaska
- Plateau between two mountain ranges
Southwest Alaska
- Anchorage is the most populous city in Alaska
- Brooks Range in northern Alaska
- Alaska Peninsula: thin piece of land that juts out into the water; bordered by water on three sides
- Alaska Range in southern Alaska
- Anchorage is the center of Alaska's oil industry
Northern Lights near Fairbanks, Alaska
- Few people, mainly Eskimo or Aleut
- Fairbanks is in the interior, near the Arctic Circle
- Mount McKinley: tallest mountain in North America
- Juneau was founded as a gold-mining town
Giant Cabbage Grown in Palmer, Alaska
Juneau
Giant Zucchini