What is the distance in miles from the southern tip to the northern tip of Alaska?

Answer 1

While Alaska does have a northern tip, the main body of the state doesn't exactly have a geographic southern tip. The southernmost part of Alaska is way out west in the Aleutian Islands, Amatignak Island to be specific. The southern tip of that island is about at latitude 51o 13' 08", at 179o longitude, and is over a thousand miles from the southernmost part of the main body of the state. Perhaps the best measurement of the "height" of Alaska would be to measure a straight line directly southward from the northern tip of the state to the point where this line meets the southern coast. This line, starting from the tip at 156o 28' 47" longitude, extending straight south meets the sea at the southern border of Poltava Island, just off the Alaskan coast. This distance is approximately 995.6 miles.