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The West > Alaska > Identification

ALASKAN IDENTIFICATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-AK
State fossil > Age Pleistocene
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Mammuthus primigenius
State fossil > Common name Woolly Mammoth
State mottos > Motto North to the future
State Name Alaska
State soil
Tanana
State tree Sitka Spruce
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Picea sitchensis
Symbols > State animal
Moose (States land mammal); Bowhead Whale (State marine mammal)
Symbols > State bird Alaska Willow Ptarmigan
Symbols > State motto North to the Future
Traditional abbreviation > Other Alas.
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Libellula quadrimaculata
U.S. state insects > State insect
Four-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Mineral Gold
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Jade

SOURCES: Wikipedia: ISO 3166-2:US ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees; "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.; FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: AK

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