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Alaska Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

Physical Cultural Historical
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Alaska
Physical Features
Arches 2
Areas 188
Bars 522
Basins 46
Bays 2,652
Beaches 115
Benches 1
Bends 39
Capes 2,644
Cliffs 237
Craters 13
Falls 43
Flats 47
Forests 6
Gaps 226
Glaciers 662
Guts 184
Islands 2,705
Isthmuses 12
Lakes 3,368
Lava 1
Pillars 37
Plains 5
Ranges 318
Rapids 26
Ridges 278
Slopes 3
Springs 33
Streams 9,328
Summits 2,979
Swamps 9
Valleys 569
Woods 1
Alaska
Cultural Features
Airports 799
Bridges 6
Buildings 715
Canals 23
Cemeteries 19
Channels 457
Churches 8
Civil 192
Crossings 13
Dams 167
Harbors 37
Hospitals 56
Levees 6
Locales 1,118
Mines 199
Oilfields 3
Parks 265
Post Offices 6
Reserves 62
Reservoirs 69
Schools 101
Towers 120
Trails 98
Tunnels 2
Wells 39
Alaska Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 8
Buildings 5
Canals 1
Civil 21
Crossings 1
Glaciers 1
Islands 1
Lakes 1
Locales 123
Military (Historical) 37
Mines 1
Parks 13
Populated Places 326
Post Offices 35
Schools 1
Springs 1
Streams 1
Towers 1
Trails 1
Valleys 1

Alaska's National
Historic Landmarks
48
  • Physical Features are the natural features of the Earth's surface.
  • Cultural Features are landscape features that were created or shaped by humans.
  • Historical Features are features that no longer exist on the landscape.