Alaska (AK)
Alaska's Web Site and Kid's Page Capital City: Juneau Nickname: Last Frontier, Great Land, Land of the Midnight Sun Motto: North To The Future Statehood: May 16, 1959 (49th) Origin of State's Name: Russian version of Aleutian word "Alakshak" meaning "great lands" or "peninsula." Largest Cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Soldotna Border States: None Land Area: 570,374 sq. mi., Largest state State's Bird: Willow Ptarmigan State's Flower: Forget Me Not State's Tree: Sitka spruce State's Song: Alaska's Flag |