Size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 6 times smaller than Sahara Desert.

Sahara Desert is approximately 9,200,000 km² (3,552,138 sq mi), while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 16.1% the size of Sahara Desert.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sahara Desert vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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