List of Alaska state symbols
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State Insignia
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Flags of the U.S. states The flags of the U.S. states exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago... |
The North Star and the Big Dipper on a field of blue | 1927 |  |
| Seal Seals of the U.S. states The following gallery displays the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America:-See also:* Coat of Arms of the U.S. States* Seals of Governors of the U.S. States* Flags of the U.S. states... |
The Seal of the state of Alaska Seal of Alaska The Seal of the State of Alaska was first adopted before statehood, when the area was known as the District of Alaska. The first governor designated a seal of the district, which featured glaciers, northern lights, igloos, and an Eskimo ice fishing.... |
1959 | |
| Motto | North to the future | 1967 |
Flora
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower | Forget-me-not Forget-me-not Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots. Its common name was calqued from the French, "ne m'oubliez pas" and first used in English in c. 1532. Similar names and variations are found in many languages.-Description:There are... |
1917 |  |
| Tree | Sitka Spruce Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis, the Sitka Spruce, is a large coniferous evergreen tree growing to 50–70 m tall, exceptionally to 95 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 5 m, exceptionally to 6–7 m diameter... |
1962 |  |
Fauna
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird | Willow Ptarmigan Willow Grouse The Willow Ptarmigan , also known as the Willow Grouse, is a bird of the grouse subfamily. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and moorlands in the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska, northern Canada, in particular the province of Newfoundland and Labrador... |
1955 |  |
| Land Mammal | Moose Moose The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration... |
1998 |  |
| Marine Mammal | Bowhead Whale Bowhead Whale The bowhead whale is a baleen whale of the right whale family Balaenidae in suborder Mysticeti. A stocky dark-colored whale without a dorsal fin, it can grow to in length. This thick-bodied species can weigh to , second only to the blue whale, although the bowhead's maximum length is less than... |
1983 |  |
| Fish | King Salmon | 1962 |  |
| Insect | Four-spot Skimmer Dragonfly Libellulidae The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Even if these are excluded , there still remains a... |
1995 |  |
Geology
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gem | Jade Jade Jade is an ornamental stone.The term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals:... |
1968 |  |
| Mineral | Gold Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a... |
1968 |  |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Alaska's Flag Alaska's Flag "Alaska's Flag" is the state song of Alaska. Unique among state songs, its lyrics explain the symbolism of the Alaskan flag. The lyrics are:Eight stars of gold on a field of blue — Alaska's flag... |
1959 | |
| Sport | Dog Mushing Mushing Mushing is a general term for a sport or transport method powered by dogs, and includes carting, pulka, scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled on snow or a rig on dry land... |
1972 |  |
See also
- List of Alaska-related topics
- Lists of United States state insignia
- State of Alaska