In the 18th century, Russian explorers tried to say the Aleut (eskimo) name, "Alaxsxaq", and it sounded like 'Alaska'. The name stuck. "Alaxsxaq" means the thing that the action of the sea is directed." No one person was responsible for the name.
The word Alaska is a Russian version of the Aleutian Native word Alyeska, meaning "great land of white to the east".
William H. Seward.. Named Alaska
There is no place in Alaska named Nanak. There is however a place in Canada named Nanak.
The Aleuts.
Sitka spruce.
Yes, he was a Danish exlorer who discovered and named Alaska and the Bering Sea.
Yes. Alaska! (American indie rock band)
Anchorage is the only "CITY" in Alaska by population
Alaska has a dessert named after it, the Baked Alaska. Arizona has the Sonoran Desert.
No it is named for the prospector Joe Juneau.
The stretch of water between Alaska and Asia is called the Bering Strait. It separates the United States and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea to the Chukchi Sea.
There are 43 named Alaskan waterfalls.
Alaska does have a Lieutenant Governor named Craig Campbell since 10 August 2009.
The Sitka Spruce.