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Alyeska is an archaic spelling of the Aleut
Aleut

The Aleuts are the Alaska Natives of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, United States and Kamchatka Krai, Russia....
 word Alaskax meaning "mainland", "great country", or "great land". The American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
 derives its name from this word. Alyeska is related to the word Unalaska (or Ounalashka) from the same root.

An alpine ski area developed in the early 1960's near Girdwood took the name "Alyeska" and, in following years, the developing neighborhood of ski cabins, condominiums and supporting facilities built an unincorporated community using the name.






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Alyeska is an archaic spelling of the Aleut
Aleut

The Aleuts are the Alaska Natives of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, United States and Kamchatka Krai, Russia....
 word Alaskax meaning "mainland", "great country", or "great land". The American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
 derives its name from this word. Alyeska is related to the word Unalaska (or Ounalashka) from the same root.

An alpine ski area developed in the early 1960's near Girdwood took the name "Alyeska" and, in following years, the developing neighborhood of ski cabins, condominiums and supporting facilities built an unincorporated community using the name. Located about 35 miles southeast of Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a consolidated city-Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 279,671 municipal residents in 2007 , it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population....
 (in the Municipality of Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a consolidated city-Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 279,671 municipal residents in 2007 , it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population....
), Alyeska Resort
Alyeska Resort

Alyeska Resort is a ski resort that is located in Girdwood, Alaska, approximately 50 miles  from the city of Anchorage, Alaska....
 at Mount Alyeska is a few miles northeast of Girdwood
Girdwood, Alaska

Girdwood is an unincorporated year-round ski resort community within the Anchorage, Alaska in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, 38 miles southeast of Anchorage proper....
, a town alongside the Seward Highway
Seward Highway

The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 127 miles from Seward, Alaska to Anchorage, Alaska. It was completed in 1951 and runs through the scenic Kenai Peninsula and Turnagain Arm, for which it was designated an National Scenic Byway by the U.S....
 that was largely abandoned after the Alaska Earthquake of 1964 lowered its elevation below the high tide levels of Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage, Alaska in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage....
, causing the town to move to a new site 3 miles inland, absorbing the Alyeska community into Girdwood.

The Oil companies building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline also used the name when forming Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

The Alyeska consortium refers to the major oil companies that own and operate the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System through the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company....
 in 1970, the corporation that would operate and maintain its pipeline.