Esitlus - Alaska
Native people
Numerous tribes
The Inuit people (eskimos)
The Aleut people
The Alutiiq people
Colonisation
Russians - 17th century
Name origin
Alaska (Russian) Alakshak (Aleutan)
Peninsula
Nicknames
The Last Frontier
Land of the Midnight Sun
State of Alaska
1959
Symbols
Flag -
Seal -
Symbols 2
Bird - Willow Ptarmigan
Dog - Alaskan Malamute
Sport Dog Mushing
Head of state
Governor
Sean Parnell (2009..)
Republican
Geography
Coastline 800km
East Canada
West the Bering Sea
North Arctic Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Mountains
50 peaks higher than 3.6km
Mount McKinley 6.2km
Mount Saint Elias 5.5km
Lakes
Lakes 3197
Lake Iliamna - 2,600 km², 301m deep
Climate