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(Encyclopedia) Seattle Seattle sēătˈəl [key], city (2020 pop. 737,015), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven…Greenpeace
(Encyclopedia) Greenpeace, international organization that promotes environmental awareness and addresses environmental abuse through direct, nonviolent confrontations with governments and companies…Dole, Nathan Haskell
(Encyclopedia) Dole, Nathan Haskell, 1852–1935, American author, b. Chelsea, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1874. After teaching in New York and in New England, he worked as a newspaperman in Boston, San…Liard
(Encyclopedia) LiardLiardlēˈärdˌ [key], river, 755 mi (1,215 km) long, rising in the Pelly Mts., SE Yukon, Canada, and flowing SE into N British Columbia, passing through the main range of the Rocky…Unalaska
(Encyclopedia) UnalaskaUnalaskaŭnˌəlăsˈkə, &oomacr;ˌnə– [key], rugged island, 30 mi (48 km) long, off SW Alaska, one of the largest Aleutian Islands. Visited (c.1759) by Russian explorers, the…Northwest Angle
(Encyclopedia) Northwest Angle, point of land, c.123 sq mi (319 sq km), N Minnesota, the northernmost point of the coterminous United States and the only place in the United States, outside of Alaska…Saint Elias, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Saint Elias, MountSaint Elias, Mountĭlīˈəs [key], 18,008 ft (5,489 m) high, in the St. Elias Mts. on the U.S.-Canadian border between SW Yukon and SE Alaska; fourth highest peak of…Katmai National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and Preservekătˈmī [key], at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S Alaska, comprising Katmai National…moose, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) moose, largest member of the deer family, genus Alces, found in the northern parts of Eurasia and North America. The Eurasian species, A. alces, is known in Europe as the elk, a name…QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau: Alaska
Alaska Atlas People QuickFacts Alaska USA Population, 2005 estimate 663,661 296,410,404 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.9% 5.3%…Trending
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