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AK · 30 boroughs and census areas · 665,384 sq mi · print landscape · West · Pacific
Blank Alaska map
A blank outline of Alaska, drawn in its own view rather than as an inset. Mainland, Panhandle and the Aleutian chain all appear, with no labels or borough lines.
What the outline shows
This outline shows the whole state at once, not the shrunken inset used on most US maps. You get the main body of the state, the long Alaska Peninsula running southwest, the Aleutian Islands beyond it, the Southeast Panhandle along the Canadian coast, and the big islands of the south: Kodiak and the Alexander Archipelago. The only lines are the coast and the border with Canada. Because the coastline is so intricate, the outline itself carries much of the detail. Capital puts a dot at Juneau, which surprises many students by sitting in the Panhandle near the bottom right rather than in the main body of the state. Press Reset view to return to the full state after zooming.
Portrait or landscape
Measured from the tip of the Aleutians to the Canadian border, Alaska spans well over 2,000 miles east to west, against roughly 1,400 miles north to south. Print in landscape. If the Aleutians are not needed, zoom in so the mainland fills the page; the mainland by itself is closer to square and either orientation works. For a worksheet on the Panhandle alone, zoom to the southeast and use portrait, since the Panhandle is a narrow strip about 500 miles long from Yakutat to the southern tip.
Five classroom exercises
- Mark the 141st meridian: the straight north–south border with Yukon that runs from the Arctic coast to Mount Saint Elias, and then the irregular Panhandle border with British Columbia.
- Draw the Yukon River entering from Canada, crossing the middle of the state west-southwest, and reaching the Bering Sea in a delta south of Norton Sound.
- Circle the Arctic Circle latitude (66.5°N) and shade the part of the state north of it; place Utqiagvik at the northernmost point.
- Locate Anchorage at the head of Cook Inlet, Fairbanks in the interior and Juneau in the Panhandle, then draw the line of the Alaska Range between Anchorage and Fairbanks with Denali on it.
- Label the Bering Strait and note the direction and rough distance (about 55 miles) to Russia's Chukotka coast.
How to recognise the Alaska outline
- A large, roughly square mainland with the North Slope forming a flat top edge along the Arctic Ocean.
- A long tail of islands, the Aleutians, curving southwest toward Asia.
- A thin Panhandle hanging down the Canadian coast in the southeast, where Juneau is.
- Two deep inlets on the south coast: Cook Inlet (Anchorage) and the Kenai Peninsula between it and Prince William Sound.
- The Seward Peninsula pointing west toward Russia, with Norton Sound below it.
Answer key and related maps
- Alaska map — the labeled version with capital, cities and borders; use it as the answer key.
- Printable Alaska map — the same outline with cities, county lines and the capital printed on.
- Alaska county map — all 30 boroughs and census areas with their seats.
- Juneau — a capital with no road to the rest of the state.
- Alaska Time Zone; the western Aleutians are on Hawaii–Aleutian time.
- State high points (Denali, 20,310 ft) and national parks, eight of which are in Alaska.
- All blank state maps and the printable US maps index.