Alaska

  • Aleut: 'alakshak' meaning 'peninsula'

  • Vicinity: Far North, between Canada and Russia
  • Type: US State
  • Capital: Juneau


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Alaska
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Adak Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Afognak Island Island
Kodiak Island Borough
Akutan Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Alagnak River Natural Environ
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Ananiuliak Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Anchorage City Anchorage Borough
Angoon Village
Skagway Borough
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve Natural Environ Lake and Peninsula Borough
Annette Island Island
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Anvik Hamlet
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Arctic Village Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Atka Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Attu Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Belkofski Place
Aleutians East Borough
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Coastal Environ Northwest Arctic Borough
Bethel Place
Bethel Census Area
Bettles Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Big Delta Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Brevig Mission Place
Nome Census Area
Brooks Camp Place
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Cape Denbigh Peninsula Place
Nome Census Area
Central Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Chatanika Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Chicken Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Chiswell Islands Archipelago Kenai Peninsula Borough
Chitina Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Chuathbaluk Place
Bethel Census Area
Chugach National Forest Place Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Chugiak Place
Anchorage Borough
College Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Cooper Landing Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Copper City Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Cordova Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Crab Bay Place
Sitka Borough
Delta Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Delta Junction, AK Town
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Denali National Park and Preserve Natural Environ Denali Borough Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Denali State Park Natural Environ Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Dillingham Town
Dillingham Census Area
Eagle Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Eklutna Place
Anchorage Borough
Ekuk Place
Bristol Bay Borough
English Bay Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Ester Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Fairbanks Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Flat Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Flaxman Island Place
North Slope Borough
Fort Greely Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Fort Wainwright Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Fort Yukon Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Gakona Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Girdwood Place
Anchorage Borough
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Natural Environ Hoonah-Angoon
Glenn Highway Place
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Glennallen Place
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Gold Creek Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Gustavus Village
Hoonah-Angoon
Haines Place
Haines Borough
Healy Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Homer Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Hope Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Hyder Place
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Igiugig Place
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Independence Mine State Historical Park Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Indian Place
Anchorage Borough
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Military Installation
Anchorage Borough
Juneau City and Borough
Kake Town
Petersburg Census Area
Kanatak Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Kasilof Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Katalla Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Katmai National Park and Preserve Natural Environ Dillingham Census Area
Kenai Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kenai Fjords National Park Natural Environ Kenai Peninsula Borough
Ketchikan Town Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Kiana Place
Northwest Arctic Borough
King Salmon Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Kiska Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Klawock Village
Haines Borough
Kluane, Wrangell-St Elias, Glacier Bay, Tatshenshini-Alsek
Knudson Cove Place
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Kodiak Island Island
Kodiak Island Borough
Kotzebue Place
Northwest Arctic Borough
Kuiu Island Island
Petersburg Census Area
Kwethluk Place
Bethel Census Area
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Mountainous Bethel Census Area Kenai Peninsula Borough Lake and Peninsula Borough
Lake Minchumina Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Lawing Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Lignite Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Lime Village Place
Bethel Census Area
Lower Kalskag Place
Bethel Census Area
McCarthy Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
McNeil River - State Game Sanctuary and Refuge River Environment Kenai Peninsula Borough
Minto Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Moose Pass Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Nabesna Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Naknek Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Naknek Place
Skagway Borough
Napaskiak Place
Bethel Census Area
National Petroleum Reserve Place
North Slope Borough
Nenana Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Nikolai Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Ninilchik Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Nome Place
Nome Census Area
Nondalton Place
Bristol Bay Borough
North Pole Place
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Northway Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Nushagak Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Palmer Place
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Paxson Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Pedro Bay Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Perryville Place
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Petersburg Place
Sitka Borough
Petersburg Town
Petersburg Census Area
Pilot Point Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Point Hope Peninsula Place
North Slope Borough
Popof Island Island
Aleutians East Borough
Port Alsworth Place
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Port Graham Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Port Moller Place
Aleutians East Borough
Prince of Wales Island Island
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Prudhoe Bay Place
North Slope Borough
Ruby Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Safety Sound Natural Feature
Nome Census Area
Sagwon Place
North Slope Borough
Saxman Place
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Seldovia Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Seward Town Kenai Peninsula Borough
Sitka Town Sitka Borough
Sitkinak Island Island Kodiak Island Borough
Skagway Town
Skagway Borough
Slana Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Slana Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Sleetmute Place
Bethel Census Area
Soldotna Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Solomon, AK Hamlet
Nome Census Area
South Naknek Place
Bristol Bay Borough
Spruce Island Island
Kodiak Island Borough
St George Island Island Aleutians West Borough
St Lawrence Island Island
Nome Census Area
St Lazaria Island Island Sitka Borough
St Michael Place
Nome Census Area
St Paul Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Steele Creek Place
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Sterling Place
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Talkeetna, AK Village
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Tanana Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Teller Place
Nome Census Area
Toklat Place
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Uganik Island Island Kodiak Island Borough
Umnak Island
Aleutians West Borough
Unalakleet Place
Nome Census Area
Unalaska Island Island
Aleutians West Borough
Utqiagvik Place
North Slope Borough
Valdez Place
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Wainright Place
North Slope Borough
Wales Place
Nome Census Area
Wasilla Place
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Wrangell City and Borough
Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve Natural Environ Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Yakutat City and Borough
Yakutat Place
Skagway Borough
Yukon Island Island
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Natural Environ Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

Timeline

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1959/01/03 Dwight D Eisenhower US President President Dwight D Elsenhower signs the proclamation admitting Alaska as the 49th state of the union. By executive order the new 49 star national flag did not become the official ensign until July 4th of that year. Alaska Statehood

Places

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Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Eat and Drink »

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FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Alaskan Amber Beer
Alaskan ESB Beer
Alaskan Smoked Porter Beer



Geography »

Physiographic FeaturesTypeAsNotedIn
Aleutian Islands Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago Archipelago

Data »

Particulars for Alaska:
Locale Type US State

Data
Demonym: Alaskans
Motto: North to the Future
Population: 722718


Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Lost Face and Other Stories Short Story Collection
Jack London Subienkow had travelled a long trail of bitterness and horror, homing like a dove for the capitals of Europe, and here, farther away than ever, in Russian America, the trail ceased.
Passage to Juneau (book) Travelogue
The Gold Rush Film Charles Chaplin Setting
The Thing from Another World Film Christian Nyby Charles Lederer Setting

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