Alaska is a U.S. state in the Western United States, on the northwest extremity of the country’s west coast. A semi-exclave of the U.S.
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 mi in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico in the Southwestern United States.
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