Is Alaska in the North America continent?

Answer 1

Yes, Alaska is part of North America. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.

Answer 2

No, Continental includes the lower 48 states the (forty and Eight) that was the US flag in both World Wars. Alaska and Hawaii are outlying territories that have been granted statehood- #49 ( apt, as it was a mining state) Alaska, and 50 ( Five-O) Hawaii. In World War II Hawaii, including Pearl Harbor- was a territiory and not a state.

Technically yes. Mentally and emotionally it is not. There is a term that works well to more closely identify Alaska's status. Alaska in not a contiguous US State. It is not a part of common vocabulary and is sometimes used in the wrong context. Alaska represents a major geographic share of the North American Continent but remains a distant place in the eyes of many.

Yes it is. The continental US is the contiguous US (lower 48) and Alaska. Hence the name "Continental US", meaning the part of the United States on the North American continent (physically)

Answer 3

Yes it is. The continental US is the contiguous US (part of the US situated between Mexico and Canada) and Alaska; the part of the United States physically apart of the North American continent.

Answer 4

Yes, it anchors the northwest corner of the continent.

Answer 5

yes. It is one of the 2 non-contiguous States of the United States of America.

Answer 6

Politically, yes. However, geographically speaking, Alaska spans the continents of Asia and North America, while Hawaii is fully in Oceania.

Answer 7

Yes.