New York Newspapers and Important Facts
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GEOGRAPHY: New York borders Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Canada in the
north. To the south, New York borders Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the
Atlantic Ocean. Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut border New York to
the east and Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Canada and Pennsylvania are to the west.
The Longitude: 71° 47' 25" W to 79° 45' 54" W, Latitude: 40° 29' 40" N to
45° 0' 42" N, New York is 330 miles long and 283 miles wide. The highest point
in New York is Mount Marcy. Mount Marcy rises 5, 344 feet above sea level. The
lowest point in New York is where New York meets the Atlantic Ocean; sea level.
AREA: Total Area New York covers 54, 475 square miles. In size, New York
ranks 27th compared with the other 50 states. Land Area 48,708 square miles
of New York are land areas. Water Area 7,251 square miles of New York are
covered by water. New York is one of the wettest states.
CAPITAL: Albany,
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS:
List of counties in the U.S. State of
New York:
Albany
Allegany
Broome
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
Chautauqua
Chemung
Chenango
Clinton
Columbia
Cortland
Delaware
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Franklin
Fulton
Genesee
Greene
Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Montgomery
Nassau
Niagara
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orange
Orleans
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Rensselaer
Rockland
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
St Lawrence
Steuben
Suffolk
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates