Definition of Alaska peninsula

1. Noun. A peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands).

Group relationships: Ak, Alaska, Last Frontier
Generic synonyms: Peninsula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alaska Peninsula

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Alan Whickers
Alana
Aland
Aland islands
Alander
Alani
Alania
Alanna
Alannah
Alans
Alanson's amputation
Alaric
Alaska
Alaska Native
Alaska Peninsula
Alaska Range
Alaska Standard Time
Alaska cedar
Alaska cod
Alaska crab
Alaska fur seal
Alaska hand
Alaska hands
Alaska king crab
Alaska rein orchid
Alaska time
Alaskan
Alaskan Malamute
Alaskan Malamutes

Literary usage of Alaska peninsula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"alaska peninsula MOUNTAINS Distinctive Features. - The 48000-knv ecoregion is composed of rounded, folded and faulted sedimentary ridges ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"... Bay on the south side of the western end of the alaska peninsula. My time while on the mainland was pretty well taken up with hunting the big brown bear ..."

3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"Southwest The Aleutians & the alaska peninsula The MV Tustumena makes its bread-and-butter runs serving Homer, Kodiak, and Seward, but was designed for a ..."

4. Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907 by Alfred Hulse Brooks (1908)
"There is also a reported occurrence of auriferous lodes in the alaska peninsula region. Up to the present time the only lode deposit which has been ..."

5. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Southwest The Aleutians & the alaska peninsula The MV Tustumena makes its bread-and-butter runs serving ..."

6. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"Coal-bearing rocks occur in three principal districts, Cook Inlet, Kodiak Island, and alaska peninsula. In Cook Inlet coal is found at Kachemak Bay and Port ..."

7. Handbook of Alaska: Its Resources, Products, and Attractions by Adolphus Washington Greely (1909)
"alaska peninsula It may be added that the ocean steamers do not proceed beyond Seldovia, and that during the open season—from late March to early ..."

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