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Definition of Alaska Peninsula
1. Noun. A peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alaska Peninsula
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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