Alaska: The Only U.S. State Bordering Two Oceans—Arctic and Pacific

Alaska: The Only U.S. State Bordering Two Oceans—Arctic and Pacific

Alaska is the only U.S. state bordered by two oceans:

• Arctic Ocean – to the north (Beaufort and Chukchi Seas).
• Pacific Ocean – to the south and west (Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands).

Alaska also has the longest coastline of any state (>6,600 miles / 10,600 km) and borders Canada (east) and Russia (maritime boundary west). Its vast area (1.7M km²) makes it the largest state by far.