Place details
Place nameAlaska
Other namesAK, Russian America
CountryUnited States
Latitude65
Longitude-153
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
One of 2 states not contiguous with others; presumably inhabited by earliest migrants to N America from Asia, from whom Tlingit & Tinneh Indians descended; was home to Eskimos & Aleuts from 8th mill. BC; Russians arrived 18th cen.; bought by USA in 1867.
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- Boundary Peak 158 (United States)
- Coffman Cove (United States)
- Cygnus Cone (United States)
- Ernie Creek (United States)
- Easter Creek (United States)
- Southeast Fairbanks (United States)
- Taiya Inlet (United States)
- Sitka (United States)
- Haines (United States)
- Gulkana River (United States)
- Gunn Creek (United States)
- Nolan Creek (United States)
- Chilligan River (United States)
- Crystal Creek (United States)
- Narvakrak, Lake (United States)
- Pauls Creek (United States)
- Boundary Peak 93 (United States)
- Casement Glacier (United States)
- Quigmy River (United States)
- Hard Luck Creek (United States)
- Alexander Archipelago (United States)
- Irish Creek (United States)
- Dry Tok Creek (United States)
- Tatlanika Creek (United States)
- Nation River (United States)
- Anchorage (United States)
- Scarp Creek (United States)
- Devils Paw (United States)
- Southeast Spur (United States)
- Barrenland Creek (United States)
- Happy River (United States)
- Wickersham Creek (United States)
- Kukaklik Lake (United States)
- Endicott Mountains (United States)
- Eldred Rock (United States)
- Earl River (United States)
- Takhin River (United States)
- Bishop Creek (United States)
- Sixmile Creek (United States)
- Teocalli Mountains (United States)
- Costello Creek (United States)
- Galligan Creek (United States)
- Hardscrabble Creek (United States)
- Short Creek (United States)
- Paimiut Slough (United States)
- Little Salmon River (United States)
- Thorne River (United States)
- Alinement Creek (United States)
- Singoalik Lagoon (United States)
- Nanielik Creek (United States)
- Bagot, Mount (United States)
- Jennie Creek (United States)
- Ptarmigan Creek (United States)
- Nome (United States)
- West Fork Chistochina River (United States)
- Ruby Creek (United States)
- Steelhead River (United States)
- Smoke Creek (United States)
- Tatalina River (United States)
- Aniuk River (United States)
- Kogok River (United States)
- South Fork Upper Carmen River (United States)
- East Fork Sheenjek River (United States)
- Dawes Glacier (United States)
- Tlikakila River (United States)
- Stepovak Bay (United States)
- Knik River (United States)
- West Fork Chulitna River (United States)
- Aleutian Range (United States)
- Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (United States)
- Kashaiak River (United States)
- Adams Inlet (United States)
- Big Chief Mountain (United States)
- Pounder, Mount (United States)
- Colorado Creek (United States)
- Marcus Baker, Mount (United States)
- East Fork Maclaren River (United States)
- Toklat River (United States)
- Potato Creek (United States)
- Yukon-Koyukuk (United States)
- Middle Fork Koyukuk River (United States)
- North Fork Big River (United States)
- Little Goldstream Creek (United States)
- Lily Creek (United States)
- Aleutians East (United States)
- Excursion Inlet (United States)
- Little Cottonwood Creek (United States)
- Necons River (United States)
- Timber Creek (United States)
- Iprugalet Mountain (United States)
- Davis Creek (United States)
- Porpoise Islands (United States)
- Knik Glacier (United States)
- Harvard Glacier (United States)
- Little Nelchina River (United States)
- Kahiltna Glacier (United States)
- Jack River (United States)
- Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon (United States)
- Junjik River (United States)
- Ahklun Mountains (United States)
- Acme Creek (United States)
- Thief Creek (United States)
- Belle Creek (United States)
- Juneau (United States)
- Old Woman Creek (United States)
- Continental Divide (United States)
- Wells Creek (United States)
- Bostwick Inlet (United States)
- Mitlak Mountain (United States)
- Goldstream Creek (United States)
- Lisianski River (United States)
- West Fork Glacier (United States)
- Little Tonzona River (United States)
- Milk Creek (United States)
- North Fork Swift River (United States)
- Boundary Peak 101 (United States)
- Twin Creek (United States)
- Iphigenia Bay (United States)
- Bethel (United States)
- Chistochina River (United States)
- Tagakvik, Lake (United States)
- Kenai Peninsula (United States)
- South Fork Kuskokwim River (United States)
- Slate Creek (United States)
- Morse Glacier (United States)
- Garrett Creek (United States)
- Dry Creek (United States)
- Fourteen Creek (United States)
- Chinkelyes Creek (United States)
- Porcupine Creek (United States)
- Cook Inlet (United States)
- Felts Lake (United States)
- Humbolt Creek (United States)
- Kodiak Island (United States)
- Yakutat City and Borough (United States)
- Noon Point (United States)
- Minnie Creek (United States)
- Placer River Valley (United States)
- North Fork Koyukuk River (United States)
- Kealavik River (United States)
- Nabesna River (United States)
- Crow Nest Creek (United States)
- Avgun River (United States)
- Denali (United States)
- Spring Creek (United States)
- North Fork East Fork Chandalar River (United States)
- Brooks Creek (United States)
- Lost Horse Creek (United States)
- Dall Glacier (United States)
- Inglutalik River (United States)
- Kuyuktuvuk Creek (United States)
- Pass Creek (United States)
- Underhill Creek (United States)
- Zane Hills (United States)
- Takhinsha Mountains (United States)
- Pretty Creek (United States)
- Young, Mount (United States)
- Lumber Cove (United States)
- Barnette Creek (United States)
- Little Creek (United States)
- Singoalik River (United States)
- Chisana River (United States)
- Dog Creek (United States)
- Belle Lateral (United States)
- Rainy Creek (United States)
- Agassiz Lakes (United States)
- Porcupine River (United States)
- Logjam Creek (United States)
- Ballarat Creek (United States)
- Racon Creek (United States)
- Roberts Creek (United States)
- Three Sisters Mountain (United States)
- Matanuska-Susitna (United States)
- Bell Creek (United States)
- Norton Sound (United States)
- Pile River (United States)
- Kapho Mountains (United States)
- Mendeltna Creek (United States)
- Pish River (United States)
- Traverse Peak (United States)
- Chilkat Glacier (United States)
- Maclaren River (United States)
- Chokotonk River (United States)
- Kougachuk Creek (United States)
- Nelchina Glacier (United States)
- Ilivit Mountains (United States)
- Tenakee Inlet (United States)
- Dillingham (United States)
- Deborah, Mount (United States)
- Izaviknek River (United States)
- Boulder Creek (United States)
- Kivalina River (United States)
- Herman Creek (United States)
- George River (United States)
- Tabernacle Mountain (United States)
- Naknek Lake (United States)
- Ratz Creek (United States)
- Nenevok Lake (United States)
- Frederick Sound (United States)
- Seattle Creek (United States)
- Red Paint Creek (United States)
- Bull River (United States)
- Swift River (United States)
- Kvichak Bay (United States)
- Sisiak Creek (United States)
- Post River (United States)
- Dahigren Peak (United States)
- South Currant Creek (United States)
- Jungle Creek (United States)
- April Creek (United States)
- Drill Creek (United States)
- Beartrack River (United States)
- Talik Ridge (United States)
- Tolsona Creek (United States)
- Ketchikan Gateway (United States)
- Arden Point (United States)
- Hislop, Mount (United States)
- Ottertail Ridge (United States)
- Glacier Fork Knik River (United States)
- Maynard Mountain (United States)
- Koktuli River (United States)
- Windy Fork Middle Fork Kuskokwim River (United States)
- Nelchina River (United States)
- Bristol Bay (United States)
- Dillinger River (United States)
- Johnson Gorge (United States)
- Aleutians West (United States)
- Merrill River (United States)
- Kenai Peninsula (United States)
- Agiak Creek (United States)
- Cleveland Peninsula (United States)
- Atayak Mountain (United States)
- Chatanika River (United States)
- Beaver Creek (United States)
- Berners River (United States)
- Wind River (United States)
- Summit Creek (United States)
- Seward Peninsula (United States)
- Johnson Hill Creek (United States)
- Cass Lewis, Mount (United States)
- Russell, Mount (United States)
- Fairweather, Mount (United States)
- Kandik River (United States)
- Cheeneetnuk River (United States)
- Sandy River (United States)
- Upper Fork Twelvemile Creek (United States)
- Nutzotin Mountains (United States)
- Small Creek (United States)
- Hazen Bay (United States)
- Kaluktavik River (United States)
- Bradfield Canal (United States)
- Delta River (United States)
- Nenana River (United States)
- East Fork Chandalar River (United States)
- Arden Point (United States)
- North Slope (United States)
- Harding River (United States)
- Lake and Peninsula (United States)
- Stony (United States)
- Twelvemile Creek (United States)
- Unangashak River (United States)
- Boundary Peak 103 (United States)
- Kolchicher Mountain (United States)
- Bartell Creek (United States)
- Kuskokwim Mountains (United States)
- Spence Creek (United States)
- Young, Point (United States)
- Klehini River (United States)
- Tsirku River (United States)
- Tik Hill (United States)
- Sargent Ice Field (United States)
- Coast Mountains (United States)
- Willow Creek (United States)
- Valdez-Cordova (United States)
- Rice, Mount (United States)
- Trident Volcano (United States)
- Kugururok River (United States)
- September, Lake (United States)
- Steamboat Creek (United States)
- Little Delta River (United States)
- Kangilipak, Lake (United States)
- Bear Lake (United States)
- Brush Creek (United States)
- Tonzona River (United States)
- McKay Creek (United States)
- Isaoktuvik Creek (United States)
- Snowshoe Creek (United States)
- Pingston Creek (United States)
- Lace River (United States)
- Chilkat Range (United States)
- Boston Creek (United States)
- Whittier Glacier (United States)
- Marion Creek (United States)
- Tatlawiksuk River (United States)
- Pirate Lake (United States)
- Kakhonak Lake (United States)
- Asikpak River (United States)
- Alaska Range (United States)
- Thachkatnu Creek (United States)
- Grasshopper Valley (United States)
- Granite Canyon (United States)
- Carroll Glacier (United States)
- Tagagawik (United States)
- Moose Creek (United States)
- Hunter Creek (United States)
- King Salmon Creek (United States)
- Naknek River (United States)
- Gemuk Creek (United States)
- Puntilla Creek (United States)
- Blueberry Dome (United States)
- Northwest Arctic (United States)
- Keg Creek (United States)
- Castle Mountain (United States)
- Long Creek (United States)
- Kalagvik, Mount (United States)
- Susitna Glacier (United States)
- Igmiumanik River (United States)
- Tarn Valley (United States)
- East Fork George River (United States)
- Surprise Glacier (United States)
- Wrangell-Petersburg (United States)
- Milky River (United States)
- Sheenjek River (United States)
- Olson Creek (United States)
- Berg Creek (United States)
- Unakwik Point (United States)
- Wulik River (United States)
- Gladiator Basin (United States)
- East Fork Little Tonzona River (United States)
- Dietrich River (United States)
- Terra Cotta Mountains (United States)
- Gulf Of Alaska (United States)
- Dalzell Creek (United States)
- Derby Creek (United States)
- Firth River (United States)
- Nulato Hills (United States)
- Lois Creek (United States)
- Iditarod River (United States)
- Turnagain Arm (United States)
- Tatina River (United States)
- Howling Valley (United States)
- Fairbanks North Star (United States)
- Nuhinik Creek (United States)
- Currant Creek (United States)
- Muddy River (United States)
- Devil Mountain Lakes (United States)
- Chichagof Island (United States)
- Purcell Mountains (United States)
- Ocean River (United States)
- Purcell Mountain (United States)
- Nigu River (United States)
- Uluksian Creek (United States)
- Kennedy Entrance (United States)
- Crowther, Mount (United States)
- Lower Klutuk Creek (United States)
- Big Salmon Fork (United States)
- Alaska Peninsula (United States)
- Clark Bay (United States)
- Isacheluich Mountains (United States)
- Swift Fork (United States)
- Telephone Point (United States)
- Awayak Creek (United States)
- Agaak Creek (United States)
- Beluga River (United States)
- Ikalukrok Creek (United States)
- Lemesurier Point (United States)
- Lost Slough (United States)
- The Sisters (United States)
- Coffee Creek (United States)
- Skeleton Butte (United States)
- Bluecloud Creek (United States)
- Malaspina Glacier (United States)
- Kvichak River (United States)
- Middle Fork Chandalar River (United States)
- Little Underhill Creek (United States)
- Placer River (United States)
- Kukak Volcano (United States)
- Bonasila River (United States)
- Andreafsky (United States)
- Hawk River (United States)
- Tanana River (United States)
- Takhin Glacier (United States)
- Bristol Bay (United States)
- Service, Mount (United States)
- Stuyahok River (United States)
- Cairn Point (United States)
- Otter Creek (United States)
- White River (United States)
- Mentasta Creek (United States)
- Portage Mountains (United States)
- Anaconda Creek (United States)
- Liten Lake (United States)
- Chugach Mountains (United States)
- Silver Creek (United States)
- Wade Hampton (United States)
- Vettatrin Lake (United States)
- North Fork Chandalar River (United States)
- Kelly River (United States)
- Iliamna River (United States)
- Crooked Creek (United States)
- Control Creek (United States)
- Hammond River (United States)
- Smelt Creek (United States)
- Coon Gulch (United States)
- North Fork George River (United States)
- Rock Creek (United States)
- Perice, Cape (United States)
- Coal Creek (United States)
- Nugnugaluktuk River (United States)
- Northwest Fork Ruth Glacier (United States)
- Noatak River (United States)
- Harris, Mount (United States)
- Saint Elias Mountains (United States)
- Your Creek (United States)
- Coke Pit, Point (United States)
- Knik Arm (United States)
- Gosling Cone (United States)
- Granite Mountain (United States)
- Sandy Lake (United States)
- Black Rock Island (United States)
- Washington Creek (United States)
- Glacier River (United States)
- Stephens Passage (United States)
- Goodnews River (United States)
- Ottertail Creek (United States)
- LaSalle Creek (United States)
- Montana Creek (United States)
- Edmonds Creek (United States)
- Slug Mountain (United States)
- West Fork Gulkana River (United States)
- Far Mountain (United States)
- Aleutian Islands (United States)
- Charles Creek (United States)
- Charley River (United States)
- Coal Mine Creek (United States)
- Coleen River (United States)
- Highpower Creek (United States)
- Killik River (United States)
- Koness River (United States)
- Kuskokwim River (United States)
- Lucky Six Creek (United States)