Place details
Place nameAlaska
Other namesAK, Russian America
CountryUnited States
Latitude65
Longitude-153
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
One of 2 states not contiguous with others; presumably inhabited by earliest migrants to N America from Asia, from whom Tlingit & Tinneh Indians descended; was home to Eskimos & Aleuts from 8th mill. BC; Russians arrived 18th cen.; bought by USA in 1867.