Legal Definition of pending. 1  1 : during the time of. 2  2 : while awaiting : in the time preceding held in escrow pending the outcome of the suit free pending trial.
Geography of Alaska. Land area: With 586,412 square miles, or about 365,000,000 acres, Alaska is the largest state in the union and; one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states.Area per person: Approximately .91 square mile per person.djacent salt water: North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean. Alaska-Canada border: 1,538 miles long; length of boundary between the Arctic Ocean and Mount St. Elias, 647 miles; Southeast border with British Columbia and Yukon Territory, 710 miles; water boundary, 181 miles.
2 votes Vote for this answer. Alaska: Area, 1,700,135 sq km, (656,424 sq mi) including 86,051 sq mi (222,871 sq km) of water surface. Pop. (2000) 628,932, a 14% increase since the 1990 census. Capital, Juneau. Largest city, Anchorage. Statehood, Jan. 3, 1959 (49th state).