| Date Admitted: | Jan. 3, 1959 |
| State Capital: | Juneau |
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| Admission to U.S.: | Forty-ninth State |
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| Flag Adopted: | 1927 |
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| State Motto: | "North to the future" |
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| Nickname: | Land of the Midnight Sun |
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| Area: | 656,425 square miles |
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| Highest Point: | Mt. McKinley - 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level |
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| State Song: | "Alaska's Flag" |
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| State Flower: | Forget-Me-Not |
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| State Tree: | Sitka Spruce |
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| State Land Mammal: | Moose |
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| State Marine Mammal: | Bowhead whale |
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| State Fish: | King salmon |
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| State Fossil: | Woolly Mammoth |
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| State Bird: | Ptarmigan |
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| State Sport: | Dog Mushing |
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| State Gem: | Jade |
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| State Mineral: | Gold |
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| State Soil: | Estelle |
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| State Insect: | Four-Spot Skimmer Dragonfly |
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| State Seal: |  |
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