Alaska

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U.S. state federated state

Alaska is the largest and one of the most sparsely populated U.S. states, known for its vast wilderness, Arctic and sub-Arctic climate, abundant natural resources, and rich Indigenous cultures.

Aliases (16)

State of Alaska ×67
Alaska Territory ×5
U.S. state of Alaska ×3
Alaska, United States ×2
D. Alaska ×2
United States (Alaska) ×2
state of Alaska ×2
AK ×1
ALASKA ×1
Alaska (as a U.S. territory) ×1
Alaska Permanent Fund ×1
Southeast Alaska ×1
Territory of Alaska ×1
US-AK ×1
United States state of Alaska ×1
northern Alaska ×1

Statements (98)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. state → federated state →
admissionOrder	49th state →
admissionToUnionDate	1959-01-03 →
area	about 1,717,856 square kilometers → about 663,268 square miles →
areaRankInUSA	1 →
borderedBy	Arctic Ocean → British Columbia → Canada → Pacific Ocean → Yukon →
capital	Juneau →
contains	Aleutian Islands → Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → Brooks Range → Denali → Denali National Park and Preserve → Inside Passage →
country	United States of America →
governedBy	Governor of Alaska →
hasClimate	Arctic climate → maritime climate in coastal areas → subarctic climate →
hasCoastlineOn	Arctic Ocean → Beaufort Sea → Bering Sea → Chukchi Sea → Pacific Ocean →
hasMajorMountainRange	Alaska Range → Brooks Range → Chugach Mountains →
hasMajorRiver	Copper River → Kuskokwim River → Yukon River →
hasProtectedArea	Denali National Park and Preserve → Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve → Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve → Katmai National Park and Preserve → Kenai Fjords National Park → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve →
hasVolcanicActivity	Aleutian volcanic arc →
hasWildlife	bald eagles → brown bears → caribou → moose → whales → wolves →
highestElevation	20310 feet → 6190 meters →
highestPoint	Denali →
indigenousPeoples	Aleut → Athabaskan peoples → Haida → Inupiat → Tlingit → Tsimshian → Yupik →
ISOCode	US-AK →
knownFor	abundant natural resources → rich Indigenous cultures → sparsely populated areas → vast wilderness →
largestCity	Anchorage →
largestMetropolitanArea	Anchorage metropolitan area →
legislature	Alaska State Legislature →
locatedIn	Arctic region → North America → subarctic region →
lowerHouse	Alaska House of Representatives →
majorIndustry	commercial fishing → mining → oil and gas extraction → timber industry → tourism →
naturalResources	fish → minerals → natural gas → oil → timber →
nickname	The Last Frontier →
officialLanguage	English →
populationDensity	one of the lowest among U.S. states →
postalAbbreviation	AK →
purchasedFrom	Russian Empire →
purchaseName	Alaska Purchase →
purchaseYear	1867 →
recognizedIndigenousLanguages	Alutiiq → Central Alaskan Yup’ik → Gwich’in → Haida → Inupiaq → Tlingit → Tsimshian →
separatedFrom	contiguous United States →
timeZone	Alaska Time Zone → Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone →
upperHouse	Alaska Senate →

Referenced by (394)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Air Route Traffic Control Center → Alaska Center for the Performing Arts → Alaska Department of Administration → Alaska Peninsula → Alaska Railroad → Alaska Range → Alaska Raptor Center → Alaska Region (BOEM) → Aleutian Islands → Alexander Archipelago → Anchorage Bay → Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → Arctic coastal plain of Alaska → Baranof Island → Bering Land Bridge National Preserve → Bristol Bay → Brooks Range → Chamisso Island → Chugach Mountains → Chugach State Park → Cook Inlet → Copper River → Denali → Denali National Park and Preserve → Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → Eielson Air Force Base → Fairbanks International Airport → Fort Wainwright → Fox Islands → Gastineau Channel → Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve → Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve → Glenn Highway → Interior Alaska → Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson → Juneau Icefield → Kahiltna Glacier → Katmai National Park and Preserve → Kenai Fjords National Park → Ketchikan → Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park → Kodiak Island → Kuskokwim River → Little Diomede → Metlakatla Indian Community → Misty Fjords National Monument → Muldrow Glacier → National Natural Landmark → Near Islands → North Slope Borough → Norton Sound → Nunivak Island → Pacific Gulf Yupik → Pribilof Islands → Prince William Sound → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States → Seward → Sheetʼká → Sitka → Sitka National Historical Park → Sitka Sound → Skagway → Southcentral Alaska → St. Lawrence Island → Talkeetna → Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport → Tongass Narrows → Tongass National Forest → United States District Court for the District of Alaska → University of Alaska Anchorage → Wainwright → West Buttress route → White Pass → World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve → Yakutat → Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta →	locatedIn
Alaska Department of Public Safety → Alaska Governor's Mansion → Alaska House of Representatives → Alaska Pacific University → Alaska Senate → Anchorage → Anchorage Museum → Chamisso Island → Denali → Diomede, Alaska → Dutch Harbor, Alaska → Fairbanks → Glenn Highway → Haines, Alaska → Juneau → Kahiltna Glacier → Little Diomede Island → Mendenhall Glacier → Metlakatla, Alaska → Municipality of Skagway Borough → Northwest Arctic Borough → Salmon Capital of the World → Saxman Totem Park → Sitka → Sitka National Historical Park → Totem Heritage Center → University of Alaska Fairbanks → University of Alaska Southeast → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve →	state
Alaska Constitution → Alaska Department of Administration ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development → Alaska Department of Corrections ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Education and Early Development ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation → Alaska Department of Fish and Game ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Health ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development → Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Natural Resources ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Public Safety ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Revenue ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Senate ("State of Alaska") → Governor of Alaska ("State of Alaska") → Lieutenant Governor of Alaska ("State of Alaska") → Office of the Governor of Alaska ("State of Alaska") → Special Operations Command North → United States Attorney for the District of Alaska ("state of Alaska") → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → United States District Court for the District of Alaska ("State of Alaska") → United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ("Alaska (as a U.S. territory)") → state government of Alaska ("State of Alaska") →	jurisdiction
Alaska Constitutional Convention → Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development → Alaska Department of Education and Early Development → Alaska Department of Health → Alaska Department of Law ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs → Alaska Department of Natural Resources ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Revenue → Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities → Alaska House of Representatives ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend program ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Redistricting Board ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Senate → Alaska State Legislature → Alaska Statehood Act → Alaska Supreme Court → Alaska Time Zone → District of Alaska → Governor of Alaska → Judicial Branch of Alaska ("State of Alaska") → Lieutenant Governor of Alaska → Office of the Governor of Alaska → U.S. Army Recruiting Command →	appliesToJurisdiction
Alutiiq → Central Alaskan Yup’ik → Eskimo–Aleut languages → Gwich’in → Hooper Bay–Chevak → Hän ("Alaska, United States") → Inupiaq → Inupiaq ("northern Alaska") → Koyukon → Northern Athabaskan languages → Nunivak Cup’ig → Sm’álgyax → Yugtun →	spokenIn
Aleutian Islands ("State of Alaska") → Fox Islands ("State of Alaska") → Interior Alaska → Interior Alaska ("U.S. state of Alaska") → Kodiak Island ("United States state of Alaska") → Nunivak Island ("state of Alaska") → Panhandle of Alaska → Southcentral Alaska → Southeastern Alaska → Southwestern Alaska → Yakutat ("State of Alaska") →	partOf
Alaska Railroad ("State of Alaska") → Fairbanks International Airport ("State of Alaska") → M/V Chenega ("State of Alaska") → M/V Columbia ("State of Alaska") → M/V Kennicott ("State of Alaska") → M/V LeConte ("State of Alaska") → M/V Lituya ("State of Alaska") → M/V Tustumena ("State of Alaska") → Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ("State of Alaska") →	owner
Alaska Department of Corrections → Alaska Department of Fish and Game → Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities → Bureau of Indian Education → Pacific Air Forces → U.S. Army Pacific → U.S. Bureau of Land Management →	operatesIn
Beaufort Sea → Beaufort continental slope → Chamisso Island → Chukchi Plateau → Gulf of Alaska → Zhemchug Canyon →	locatedOffCoastOf
Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development → Alaska Pacific University → Alaska Raptor Center → Anchorage Museum → NOAA Weather Radio → North American Aerospace Defense Command →	regionServed
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development → Alaska Department of Education and Early Development → Alaska Department of Health → Alaska Territorial Legislature ("Alaska Territory") → North Pacific Fishery Management Council →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Alaska Shatterdome → Alaska Supreme Court → Aleutian Islands campaign → Operation Cottage → United States nuclear weapons testing →	location
Alaska Governor's Mansion ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Marine Highway System ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Marine Highway System ("State of Alaska") → Alaska State Capitol ("State of Alaska") → M/V Fairweather ("State of Alaska") →	ownedBy
Chevak → Gwich’in alphabet → M/V Chenega → Pacific Flyway → Polar Bear Garden →	region
Alaska Marine Highway System → Alaska Marine Highway System → M/V Columbia → M/V Kennicott → M/V Matanuska →	serviceArea
Alaska House of Representatives ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Senate → Alaska Senate ("State of Alaska") → Alaska State Legislature ("State of Alaska") →	legislativeBodyFor
Alaska Constitution ("State of Alaska") → Polar Bear Garden ("U.S. state of Alaska") → The Last Frontier ("U.S. state of Alaska") →	appliesTo
U.S. Air Forces Northern → U.S. Army North → U.S. Northern Command →	areaOfResponsibility
British Columbia → Northern Canada → Yukon Territory →	borders
Bristol Bay ("State of Alaska") → Cook Inlet ("State of Alaska") → Near Islands ("State of Alaska") →	governedBy
Bering Sea → Chukchi Sea → St. Lawrence Island →	locatedBetween
Alaska Marine Highway System ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Marine Highway System ("State of Alaska") → Alaska State Capitol ("State of Alaska") →	operatedBy
Polar Bear Garden → Seward’s Icebox → The Last Frontier →	refersTo
Nunivak Island ("State of Alaska") → Pribilof Islands ("State of Alaska") →	administeredBy
Alaska Daylight Time → Alaska was economically worthless ("Alaska Territory") →	appliesToTerritory
Chukchi Sea → Yukon →	borderedBy
Hermit thrush → Mountain bluebird →	breedsIn
Juneau → Juneau, Alaska →	capitalOf
North American Cordillera → Pacific coast of North America →	extendsFrom
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ("State of Alaska") → North Slope Borough ("State of Alaska") →	foundedBy
Prince Rupert → Prince Rupert, British Columbia →	isGatewayTo
Juneau International Airport ("State of Alaska") → St. Michael’s Cathedral ("State of Alaska") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Astrid Bergès-Frisbey → James A. Michener →	notableWork
M/V Aurora ("State of Alaska") → M/V Chenega ("State of Alaska") →	operator
Alaska Department of Health ("State of Alaska") → Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs ("State of Alaska") →	parentOrganization
Arctic Circle ("United States (Alaska)") → Inside Passage →	passesThrough
Alaska Airlines → Moda Health →	servesRegion
Insomnia (2002 film) → North to the Orient →	settingLocation
Province of Washington → Russian Empire →	territoryIncludes
Kutchin → Loucheux →	traditionalTerritory
United States District Court for the District of Alaska ("D. Alaska") →	abbreviation
St. Lawrence Island ("State of Alaska") →	administrativeDivision
M/V Lituya ("State of Alaska") →	administrativeRegion
Pacific Decadal Oscillation →	affectsRegion
United States District Court for the District of Alaska ("D. Alaska") →	alsoKnownAs
49th Missile Defense Battalion →	areaOfOperations
Eduard de Stoeckl →	associatedWith
Seward’s Icebox →	associatedWithRegion
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug →	bordersStateAcrossSea
British Columbia →	bordersUSState
Beaufort Gyre →	boundedBy
Alaska Airlines ("ALASKA") →	callsign
Inside Passage ("Southeast Alaska") →	connects
Americas →	containsSubregion
USGS topographic maps →	coverage
Pacific Reporter →	coversJurisdiction
Alaska Time Zone →	coversMostOf
CA9 →	coversState
100th Missile Defense Brigade →	defenseArea
Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik →	destinationRegion
American robin →	distributionRegion
Yupik →	ethnicGroupOf
contiguous United States →	excludesAdministrativeTerritory
Third voyage of James Cook →	explored
Coast Mountains →	extendsInto
Chukchi Plateau →	extendsNorthOf
United States airspace →	extendsOver
Interstate Highway System →	extendsTo
Chukchi Peninsula →	faces
The Trail of '98 (1928 film) →	filmingLocation
Yukon River →	flowsThrough
District of Alaska ("Alaska Territory") →	followedBy
Steller's jay →	foundIn
Eleventh Air Force →	garrisonState
Denali →	geographicAssociation
spectacled eider →	geographicDistribution
Western American English →	geographicRegion
Fox Islands →	governingState
Mike Dunleavy →	governorOf
Alaska House of Representatives ("State of Alaska") →	hasJurisdiction
Orthodox Church in America →	hasOriginPlace
western United States →	hasPart
Beaufort Sea →	hasShorelineIn
United States of America →	hasState
Pacific Northwest →	hasStateOrProvince
Alaska was economically worthless ("Alaska Territory") →	hasTopic
Office of the Governor of Alaska ("State of Alaska") →	headOfGovernmentFor
Alaska Supreme Court →	highestCourtInJurisdiction
United States territories ("Alaska Territory") →	historicallyIncluded
Mike Dunleavy →	holdsOfficeIn
M/V Matanuska →	homeport
United States territorial waters →	includesAreasOff
Na-Dene →	includesLanguagesSpokenIn
Inuit →	inhabits
Roosevelt elk →	introducedPopulation
Juneau →	isCapitalOf
Mike Dunleavy →	isGovernorOf
Denali →	isHighestPointOf
Bowers Ridge →	isLocatedWestOf
Alaska ("US-AK") →	ISOCode
Metlakatla, Alaska →	isOnlyNativeReservationIn
Alaska Senate →	legislatureOf
Alaska Governor's Mansion →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Russian Bishop’s House →	locatedInState
Canada Basin →	locatedNorthOf
White Pass →	locatedOnBorderBetween
Thule Inuit →	mainRegion
Unangas →	nativeTo
Aleutian Trench →	near
St. Lawrence Island →	offshoreFrom
Alaska Redistricting Board →	operatesInAdministrativeTerritory
Alaska Constitutional Convention ("Territory of Alaska") →	organizedBy
state government of Alaska ("Alaska Permanent Fund") →	owns
John Muir ("Alaska, United States") →	placeOfActivity
Alaska ("AK") →	postalAbbreviation
Alaska Natives →	primaryRegion
Northwest Seaport Alliance →	primaryTradeRegion
California sea lion →	rangeIncludes
Eskimo–Aleut languages →	recognizedIn
Egegik →	regionType
Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) →	relatedTo
Ted Stevens →	represents
Mike Dunleavy →	residence
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug →	separatedFromBy
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport →	servesAsGatewayTo
Battle of Anchorage →	settingRegion
Queen Charlotte Fault →	stateBordering
M/V Fairweather →	stateOfOperation
Ted Stevens →	stateOfOrigin
Bering Strait →	stateOnEastBank
Hicklin v. Orbeck →	stateParty
Mike Dunleavy →	stateRepresented
Alaska State Capitol →	stateServed
Diocese of Alaska →	territory
Eleventh Air Force →	theater
Alaska Purchase →	transferredTerritory
Alaska Railroad ("State of Alaska") →	transferredTo
Alaska Time Zone →	usedByState
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time →	usedByStateOrTerritory
Chinook Jargon →	usedInRegion
Midnight Sun ("United States (Alaska)") →	visibleInCountry
Jeff Leer →	workLocation