Alaska (disambiguation)
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Alaska is a state of the United States of America. Alaska may also refer to:
Names
- Alaska (singer) (born 1963), a Spanish singer
- Alaska Taufa (born 1983), a Tongan rugby union player
- Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 (born 1985), an American drag performer and recording artist
- Alaska Young, a character in the book Looking for Alaska by John Green
In geography
Populated places
United States
- Alaska, Indiana, in Owen County
- Alaska, a former unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan
- Alaska Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota
- Alaska, New Mexico, in Cibola County
- Alaska, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
- Alaska, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Alaska, West Virginia
- Alaska, Wisconsin, in the town of Pierce, Kewaunee County
Zimbabwe
- Alaska, Zimbabwe, in the province of Mashonaland West
Other
- Alaska Basin, a subarctic basin in Wyoming, United States
- Alaska Current (Pacific Ocean), a warm-water eddy current
- Alaska Highway (Canada, United States)
- Alaska Peninsula (United States)
- Alaska Range (Canada, United States), a mountain range
- Alaska Time Zone, a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time
- Alaska Territory (United States), historical name for Alaska before statehood, from 1912 to 1959
In media
Film
- Alaska (1944 film), an American film directed by George Archainbaud
- Alaska (1996 film), an American film directed by Fraser Clarke Heston
- Alaska (2015 film), an Italian film directed by Claudio Cupellini
- Alaska: Spirit of the Wild, a 1997 American documentary film directed by George Casey
Music
- Alaska!, an American indie rock band
- Alaska (album), a 2005 album by Between the Buried and Me
- Alaska (The Silver Seas album), the band's 2013 album
- "Alaska", a song by Phish from the album Party Time
- "Alaska", a song by Shadow Gallery from the album Carved in Stone
- "Alaska", a song by U.K. from the album U.K.
Other
- Alaska (magazine), a monthly magazine published in and about the state
- Alaska (novel), a 1988 novel by James A. Michener
- Alaska (pamphlet), an 1875 pamphlet by Jón Ólafsson proposing an Icelandic colony in Alaska
- Jay Hammond's Alaska, a 1980s television series hosted by the former Alaska governor
- Sarah Palin's Alaska, a 2010s television series, also hosted by a former Alaska governor
- Przystanek Alaska (Alaska Station), the Polish name for the television series Northern Exposure
- Alaska, the first play by British playwright D. C. Moore, produced in 2007
Other uses
- USS Alaska, a name shared by several ships of the United States Navy
- Alaska-class cruiser
- SS Alaska (1881) British passenger ship
- Alaska Airlines, a major American air carrier founded in Alaska and headquartered near Seattle, Washington
- Alaska Milk Corporation, the leading manufacturer of milk products in the Philippines
- Alaska Aces (PBA), a professional basketball team owned by the Alaska Milk Corporation
- 19148 Alaska, an asteroid
- Baked Alaska, a dessert
See also
- AK (disambiguation)
- Alaskan (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Alaska"
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