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Anchorage is where a ship lies at anchor.

It can also mean:

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  • Anchtentcity

    The tent city (called "The White City" in the handwritten caption) in Ship Creek, photographed by Alberta Pyatt on July 1, 1915.

  • Anchorage 1953 FWS

    Fourth Avenue in 1953, looking east from near I Street. Just ten years before, the retail area shown in the foreground was mostly an industrial area, housing lumber yards and similar uses.

  • Great Alaska Earthquake Fourth Ave Anchorage

    Fourth Avenue after the Good Friday or Great Alaskan earthquake on March 27, 1964

  • Anchorage by Sentinel-2, 2020-08-17

    Satellite view taken August 2020. The Municipality encompasses the entire land mass between the Knik River and Knik Arm (top), and the Turnagain Arm (bottom), with the Mat-Su borough to the north, the Kenai Peninsula to the south, and Whittier just east of the mountains (lower right). The city proper lies on the coastal alluvial plain at the headwaters of Cook Inlet, between the two arms (left of center).

  • Moose and calf in Anchorage, Alaska

    Moose and calf outside a church in Anchorage

  • Beach at Jewel Lake Park, Anchorage, Alaska

    An early summer day at Jewel Lake Park in western Anchorage, Alaska

  • Race and ethnicity 2010- Anchorage (5559865449)

    Map of racial/ethnic distribution in Anchorage, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: Non-Hispanic White, Black, Asian, Hispanic or Alaska Native and Other (yellow)

  • Anchorage Welcomes You sign

    The "Anchorage Welcomes You" sign outside Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The city is known for showcasing abundant flowers during the summer months.

  • Anchorage skyline as seen from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail

    View from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail near the mouth of Chester Creek. From foreground to background: Westchester Lagoon, the southern reaches of the Bootleggers Cove neighborhood, and the downtown skyline.

  • Anchorage Visitor Information Center

    The Anchorage Visitor Information Center, downtown on 4th Avenue

  • Anchorage Alaska aerial view

    Aerial view of the Port of Anchorage on Cook Inlet in 1999

  • Downtown Anchorage, Alaska

    View of downtown Anchorage from the Hotel Captain Cook. The gold building on the right, the Conoco-Phillips Building, is the tallest building in Alaska and exemplifies the importance of the petroleum industry.

  • Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Anchorage, Alaska

    The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, in downtown Anchorage

  • Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center 2014

    The front entrance of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center in downtown

  • Anchorage Golf Course

    Anchorage Golf Course

  • Peakthree

    Peak Three in the Chugach Mountains

  • AlaskaBotanicalGardens

    Alaska Botanical Garden

  • Parque Eagle River, Anchorage, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-09-01, DD 33

    View of the upper Eagle River valley in Chugach State Park

  • University of Alaska Anchorage entrance sign

    University of Alaska Anchorage entrance sign

  • University Lake Dog Park, January 2019

    University Lake Dog Park, January 2019

  • KTUU news van in downtown Anchorage, Alaska

    KTUU news van parked at Town Square Park

See also

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