Alaska is NOT a country, it is the biggest state if the United States which is not part of the mainland.
The United States (state of Alaska).
That point is in northern Greenland, about 430 miles northeast of Thule, and less than 700 miles from the north Pole.
Russia is the closest. Kaliningrad is less than 1000 miles.
That point is in extreme eastern Argentina, less than 7 miles from the border with Paraguay. The point is about 16 miles northeast of Formosa, Argentina, and about 54 miles southwest of Asuncion, Paraguay.
The country closest to the US besides Canada and Mexico is Russia. Specifically, the Russian territory of the Diomede Islands (Big Diomede and Little Diomede) in the Bering Strait is only about 2.4 miles apart from the US state of Alaska.
That point is in Siberia (Russia), centrally located and convenient to Kargasok, Baykit, Kolpashevo, Tomsk, Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Taseyevo, all within less than 300 miles. Moscow is somewhat less convenient, at 1,900 miles west of it.
That point is in Siberia (Russia), centrally located and convenient to Kargasok, Baykit, Kolpashevo, Tomsk, Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Taseyevo, all within less than 300 miles. Moscow is a bit less convenient, at 1,900 miles west of it.
This description fits Sydney, capital of New South Wales.
This description fits Sydney, capital of New South Wales.
That point is in extreme eastern Argentina, less than 7 miles from the border with Paraguay. The point is about 16 miles northeast of Formosa, Argentina, and about 54 miles southwest of Asuncion, Paraguay.
This point is less than 5 miles northeast of the center of York.
It is 55 miles across Bering Strait from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska to Cape Dezhnev in Russia. However, it is less than 3 miles [ 2.5 mi ] from Big Diomede Island (part of Russia) and Little Diomede Island (part of Alaska).