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.
A US acre is 1 sq/mi = 640 acres 663,267 x 640 = 424,490,880 acres http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_mile. According to Wikipedia, the area of Alaska is 663,267 square miles. Since there are 640 acres per square mile, then Alaska covers 424,490,880 acres. * 228 million acres that are part of the federal domain.