The U.S. Board on Geographic Names defines “conterminous United States”.
Conterminous United States: The 48 States and the District of Columbia, that is, the United States prior to January 3, 1959 (Alaska Statehood) wholly filling an unbroken block of territory and excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Although the official reference applies the term "conterminous," many use the word "contiguous," which is almost synonymous and better known. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-constitutes-united-states-what-are-official-definitions wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jan 2, 2019, at 6:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/CONUS> Contiguous not continental. > CONUS - Wiktionary<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/CONUS> > (chiefly military) Acronym of The contiguous United States; the 48 states > excluding Alaska and Hawaii > en.wiktionary.org > > > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on > behalf of Jim - WS6X <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 3:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] OT CONUS > > While we're making things perfectly clear... > Why does CONUS exclude AK? I had not heard that AK slid off the North > American continental plates. You could try "lower 48" or "contiguous 48" if > that's what you intend. > HNY! > Jim - WS6X > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
