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Alaska Peninsula

American  

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 refuge is near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula and contains internationally recognized habitat for migrating waterfowl.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2022

It was generated by an 8.2 earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula but brought less than one foot of water to our shores.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2021

A bear-hunt on the Alaska Peninsula, Admiralty or Montagu Islands, is an event of a lifetime, and with a bag limit of one brown bear, the species would be quite safe from extermination.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

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