Gull Island, Alaska Gift Box

Gull Island, Alaska Gift Box. Gull Island is located quite a distance from the mainland. The largest pool of oil in North America was found on Gull Island in 1976. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 710,231 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska is the 49th state.