What is "matanuska"

Matanuska may refer to:

• Matanuska Formation, the northern Chugach Mountains, Alaska
• Matanuska Glacier, in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska
• Matanuska River, in Alaska
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, in Alaska
• Matanuska Valley, in Alaska
• Matanuska Valley Colony in Alaska
• M/V Matanuska, a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System

Matanuska is an impact crater on the minor planet 253 Mathilde. It is in diameter. It is named after a coal field in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of Alaska; the name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2000.