Alaska (disambiguation)
Appearance
Alaska is a state of the United States of America.
Alaska may also refer to:
Geography
[edit]Populated places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Alaska, Indiana, in Owen County
- Alaska, a former unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan
- 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
- Alaska Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota
Zimbabwe
[edit]- Alaska, Zimbabwe, in the province of Mashonaland West
Other places
[edit]- 19148 Alaska, an asteroid
- Alaska Basin, a subarctic basin in Wyoming, US
- Alaska Current (Pacific Ocean), a warm-water eddy current
- Alaska Highway (Canada and US)
- Alaska Peninsula (US)
- Alaska Range (Canada, US), a mountain range
- Alaska Territory (US), historical name for Alaska before statehood, from 1912 to 1959
- Alaska Time Zone, a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time
- Russian America (former-Russian Empire), historical name for present-day Alaska
People with the name
[edit]- Alaska (singer) (born 1963), a Mexican-Spanish singer
- Alaska P. Davidson (1868-1934), an American law enforcement officer
- Alaska Taufa (born 1983), a Tongan rugby union player
- Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 (born 1985), an American drag performer and recording artist
- David Bullock (entrepreneur) (born 1993), nicknamed "Alaska", an American entrepreneur
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Films
[edit]- 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
Literature
[edit]- Alaska (novel), a 1988 novel by James A. Michener
- Alaska (pamphlet), an 1875 pamphlet by Jón Ólafsson proposing an Icelandic colony in Alaska
- Alaska, the first play by British playwright D. C. Moore, produced in 2007
Music
[edit]Groups and labels
[edit]- Alaska (band), a British hard rock band
- Alaska!, an American indie rock band
Albums
[edit]Songs
[edit]- "Alaska" (song), by Maggie Rogers, 2016
- "Alaska", a song by Brockhampton from the album Saturation III, 2017
- "Alaska", a song by Cactus from the album Restrictions, 1971
- "Alaska", a song by Phish from the album Party Time, 2009
- "Alaska", a song by Pinegrove from the album 11:11, 2022
- "Alaska", a song by Shadow Gallery from the album Carved in Stone, 1995
- "Alaska", an instrumental by U.K. from the album U.K., 1978
Television
[edit]- "Alaska" (Fear the Walking Dead), a 2020 episode of Fear the Walking Dead
- Jay Hammond's Alaska, a 1980s television series hosted by the former Alaska governor
- Przystanek Alaska (Alaska Station), the Polish name for the television series Northern Exposure
- Sarah Palin's Alaska, a 2010s television series, also hosted by a former Alaska governor
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Alaska (magazine), a monthly magazine published in and about the state
- Alaska Young, a character in the book Looking for Alaska by John Green
Ships
[edit]- Alaska-class cruiser
- SS Alaska (1881), British passenger ship
- USS Alaska, a name shared by several ships of the US Navy
Other uses
[edit]- Alaska Airlines, a major American air carrier founded in Alaska and headquartered near Seattle, Washington
- Alaska Milk Corporation, manufacturer of milk products in the Philippines
- Alaska Aces (PBA), a professional basketball team owned by the Alaska Milk Corporation
- Baked Alaska, a dessert
- Operation Alaska, a proposed plan to take Finnish refugees into Alaska if the Soviet Union would have conquered Finland
- Fisker Alaska, a pickup truck