Alaska

The northernmost state of the United States of America. The name Alaska comes from Alakshak, a word meaning peninsula in the Aleut language. The northern part of Alaska is rich in nature and inhabited by many wild animals such as caribou and grizzly bears. Alaska is the most recurring of all the locations in the MGS series. At the end of Operation Snake Eater, Naked Snake and Eva flew to Alaska before going to visit Langley. Solid Snake and Master Miller have both lived in Alaska, and Shadow Moses Island is located here. Snake retired to Twin Lakes, Alaska after the Zanzibar Land Uprising of 1999. He also stated that he was supposed to take his dog-sled team to Anchorage for the Iditarod a day after the Shadow Moses Incident.