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Alaska, constituent state of the United States of America. Admitted to the union as the 49th state on January 3, 1959, it lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent. The Alaska Peninsula is the  Western Hemisphere’s largest peninsula, and Alaska’s Denali is North America’s highest peak.

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