alaska has the most coastline in the us.
alaska has the most coastline in the us.
which state has the most coastline in the us?
alaska
true to the earlier viewpoint, the us army reassigned all alaska national guard units out of alaska to washington state in august 1941. alaska was now without military reserves or any form of home guard. in the face of an encroaching enemy, the defense of nearly of us coastline was left to the best efforts of unorganized local citizens and already overworked seasonal laborers.









































that enemy was demonstrating a definite interest in taking alaska. in the early months of 1942, a japanese navy reconnaissance unit was caught on film making detailed surveys of alaska coastline.
alaska territorial guard
norwegian coastline









































the norwegian coastline is the coastline of norway along the skagerrak, north sea, norwegian sea, and barents sea. this considers only the mainland coastline and excludes svalbard.









































a straight line along norway's sea borders (the coastal perimeter) is long. along the coast there are many fjords, islands, and bays, resulting in a low-resolution coastline of over . at linear intercepts, this length increases to (see the coastline paradox). much of norway's wealth is linked to its long coastline; for example, the petroleum industry, maritime transport, fishing, and fish farming.
norwegian coastline