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Numerous Indigenous peoples of the area had their own names for this prominent peak. The local Koyukon Athabaskan name for the mountain, used by the Indigenous Americans with access to the flanks of the mountain (living in the Yukon, Tanana and Kuskokwim basins), is Dinale or Denali (/ d ɪ ˈ n æ l i / or / d ɪ ˈ n ɑː l i /). [13]
Located in Alaska, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America. For centuries, Alaska Natives have called it Denali, meaning "the high one" in the Koyukon language. In 1917, the U.S. federal government officially named it Mount McKinley, in honor of President William McKinley, with the establishment of Mount McKinley National Park.
The Gulf of Mexico was rechristened the Gulf of America, while Denali, the highest mountain in North America, reverted to Mount McKinley — which it was called in the sight of the US government ...
The mountain was formally recognized as Denali in 2015 under the Obama administration. Trump, during his first term, had suggested renaming it back to Mount McKinley. Alaska's two senators, Lisa ...
“Denali” has been embraced by Alaska, a state with a strong tradition of independence from the "lower 49" and an unusually high proportion of native residents.
The Denaʼina of the Susitna River valley called the mountain Be'u meaning his wife (Denali) and the Lower Tanana Athabascans to the north are reported to have had the same name (Denali) for Mt. Foraker as they had for Denali (previously Mount McKinley), and it appears that the names were not applied to individual peaks but instead to the ...
Denali, also called Mount McKinley, as seen from the Ruth Glacier. Denali in south-central Alaska is the tallest mountain in North America. Its peak reaches 20,310 feet above sea level.
Mountains in Denali National Park and Preserve are part of the Alaska Range, with several subsidiary ranges included within the overall Alaska Range. Denali (also known as Mount McKinley), is the highest peak in the park and the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet (6,194 m) [1] [2] The names listed here reflect the official names in the USGS U.S. Board on Geographic Names database.