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Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims. Archived Questions Goto Qn # U.S. Geography: What is the eastern most state and what is the western most state?

Question #146001. Asked by CaseyOB. Last updated Aug 30 2018. Originally posted Aug 30 2018 1:34 PM.

Cidron Answer has 2 votes Cidron 23 year member 106 replies Answer has 2 votes. Maine and Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States FYI, Alaska also has the northernmost, while Florida has southernmost (the Keys) Aug 30 2018, 1:49 PM gtho4 Answer has 6 votes gtho4 Moderator 26 year member 2432 replies Answer has 6 votes. Some say that Alaska is both the eastern most state of the USA and western most state of the USA, as it's all a matter of definition [ east = eastern hemisphere and west = western hemisphere]:

... Alaska's Aleutian Islands stretch right up to the edge of the Western Hemisphere at the 180º line of Longitude, thus the most western state in the country. Alaska is also the answer for eastern, as the Aleutian Islands stretch across the 180º line of Longitude, into the Eastern Hemisphere, and up the edge of the Russian Federation ... Pochnoi Point, Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska 51°57'42"N 179°46'23"E Amatignak Island, Alaska 51°16'7"N 179°8'55"W Thereby making the point in the U.S. that is the farthest east Pochnoi Point and the point in the U.S. that is farthest west Amatignak Island ... If the question is, "What is the farthest point east and what is the farthest point west in the U.S.?", then Alaska is the answer. It contains the point with the westernmost longitude and it contains the point with the easternmost longitude. The ambiguity arises when the question asked is, "What is the easternmost state and what is the westernmost state in the U.S.?" This is because there are at least three different definitions of "easternmost" and "westernmost".

https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/6070/ive-been-told-one-state-in-the-us-is-the-easternmost-westernmost-and-northernm Aug 30 2018, 3:58 PM Lottie1001 Answer has 7 votes Currently Best Answer Lottie1001 18 year member 148 replies Answer has 7 votes. Currently voted the best answer. Arguably, Alaska is both the easternmost and westernmost state. Semisopochnoi Island is just west of the 180° meridian at 179°46' E. From the link provided above and this one, which comes from it, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semisopochnoi_Island Also, Hawaii (which has a latitude range of 18°?55? N to 28°?27? N) has parts which are further south than Florida (with a latitude range of 24° 27' N to 31° 00' N). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida I won't argue with Alaska being the northernmost state! Aug 30 2018, 4:00 PM postcards2go Answer has 1 vote postcards2go Moderator 18 year member 203 replies Answer has 1 vote. According to the Wikipedia article cited in the first answer, Alaska is both the Easternmost and the Westernmost, as well as being the Northernmost.

Pochnoi Point, Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska 51°57?42?N 179°46?23?E - easternmost point in all U.S. territory by longitude

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States The southernmost, from the same source, is in Hawaii. The keys are the southernmost of the 48 'contiguous' states.

Ka Lae, Hawaii (18°54?39?N 155°40?52?W) - southernmost point in the 50 states

Aug 30 2018, 4:08 PM pehinhota Answer has 1 vote pehinhota 12 year member 473 replies Answer has 1 vote. The easternmost state is Maine at the West Quoddy Head lighthouse (66 degrees 57 minutes west). The northernmost state is Alaska at Point Barrow (71 degrees 23 minutes north). The westernmost state is also Alaska at Cape Wrangell on Attu Island (172 degrees 27 minutes east). The southernmost state is Hawaii at Ka Lae (18 degrees 55 minutes north). https://www.thoughtco.com/states-farthest-north-south-east-west-4071599 Aug 30 2018, 4:13 PM Cidron Answer has 1 vote Cidron 23 year member 106 replies Answer has 1 vote. In my first answer, I was merely addressing it as an overhead view of the USA. The rightmost (eastern) is Maine. Yes, Due to the Int'l Date line, Alaska can also be the easternmost. Technically its Alaska. Overhead view, its Maine. So, it depends on what you are after in the question. Aug 30 2018, 4:26 PM FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!

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