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• Read an Introduction to Alaska symbols. • To learn more about a symbol, click
its link in the left column (Designation) of the table below.
A check mark
(  )
indicates an article, with or without pictures, about that symbol. (However,
many symbol pages without check marks nevertheless have a little text, pictures
and/or links to related resources.)
| Designation |
Symbol |
Scientific Name |
Year |
| Flag |
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1927 |
| Seal |
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1910 |
| Nickname |
The Last Frontier |
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| Nickname |
Land of the Midnight Sun |
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| Nickname |
The Great Land |
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| Motto |
North to the Future |
1967 |
| Song |
Alaska’s Flag |
1955 |
| Flower |
forget-me-not |
Myosotis alpestris |
1955 |
| Tree |
Sitka spruce |
Picea sitchensis |
1962 |
| Bird |
willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
1955 |
| Land Mammal |
moose |
Alces alces |
1998 |
| Marine Mammal |
bowhead whale |
Balaena mysticetus |
1983 |
| Fish |
king salmon |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
1961 |
| Insect |
four spot skimmer dragonfly |
Libellula quadrimaculata |
1995 |
| Soil |
Estelle |
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| Fossil |
woolly mammoth |
Mammuthus primigenius |
1986 |
| Gem |
jade |
1968 |
| Mineral |
gold |
1968 |
| Sport |
dog mushing |
1972 |
| Language |
English |
1998 |
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