WTF Fun Fact – Westernmost & Easternmost

Alaska is both the Westernmost and Easternmost point of the United States. Alaska has an uninhabited Aleutian Island called Semisopochnoi which sits just 10 miles east of the 180th meridian. WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-07-30/semisopochnoi-island-alaska-maphead-ken-jennings


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  1. The island is 10 miles WEST of the Date Line which puts it 4,673 miles northeast of the most Eastern point in Maine (West Quoddy Head).

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