The Last Frontier is the official state nickname of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
. It may also refer to:
Film and television
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''The Last Frontier'' (miniseries), a 1986 American television miniseries
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''The Last Frontier'' (serial), a 1932 American film serial starring Lon Chaney, Jr
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''The Last Frontier'' (TV series), a 1996 American sitcom
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''The Last Frontier'' (1926 film), a Western by George B. Seitz
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''The Last Frontier'' (1955 film), a Western by Anthony Mann
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''The Last Frontier'' (2020 film), a Russian war film
* ''The Last Frontier'', a 1974 TV special produced by
Roger Ailes
Literature
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''The Last Frontier'' (novel), by Alistair MacLean
* ''The Last Frontier'', a novel by
Howard Fast
Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson.
Biography Early life
Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...
* ''The Last Frontier – Australia Wide'', a book by photographer
Ken Duncan
Music
* "The Last Frontier", a song by Redgum from ''
Brown Rice and Kerosine''
* "The Last Frontier", a song by Highway 101 from ''
The New Frontier
The term ''New Frontier'' was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the D ...
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Other uses
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Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
, at times referred to as "the last frontier"
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New Frontier Hotel and Casino, which from 1942 to 1955 was named Hotel Last Frontier
* Scientific research into the
human brain
The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. The brain consists of the cerebrum, the brainstem and the cerebellum. It controls most of the activities of the ...
is at times referred to as "the last frontier"
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Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier'', a 2017 video game prelude to the film ''
War for the Planet of the Apes
''War for the Planet of the Apes'' is a 2017 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by Reeves and Mark Bomback, and produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the sequel to ''Daw ...
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See also
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Alaska: The Last Frontier'', 2011 Discovery Channel TV series
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Final Frontier (disambiguation)
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