Alaska Peninsula

American  

noun

1. a peninsula in SW Alaska. 500 miles (800 km) long.

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Alaska Peninsula British  

noun

1. an extension of the mainland of SW Alaska between the Pacific and the Bering Sea, ending in the Aleutian Islands. Length: about 644 km (400 miles)

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Example Sentences

This pattern pushed frigid Arctic air southeastward across the Alaska Peninsula.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Residents of King Cove, a remote town on the southern tip of the Alaska Peninsula, have sought to exchange land to build a road through the refuge.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

The ash is from the powerful 1912 eruption of Novarupta, a volcano on the Alaska Peninsula that dropped volcanic ash that is still visible today.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021

The quake struck in the ocean 75 miles southeast of Chignik, Alaska, just south of the Alaska Peninsula, Wednesday at 11:15 p.m, according to the tsunami warning center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021

W.S.W. from the end of Alaska Peninsula, W. of the mainland, in Bering Sea, the Pribilof Islands, about 500 m.

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