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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.
Denali (/ d ə ˈ n ɑː l i /), [5] [6] [7] officially known as Mount McKinley, [8] is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base-to-peak on land, measuring 18,000 ft (5,500 m). [ 9 ]
The Denali Wilderness is a wilderness area within Denali National Park that protects the higher elevations of the central Alaska Range, including Denali. The wilderness comprises about one-third of the current national park and preserve—2,146,580 acres (3,354 sq mi; 8,687 km 2 ) that correspond with the former park boundaries before 1980.
Either sort of parent of a typical very high-prominence peak such as Denali will lie far away from the peak itself, reflecting the independence of the peak. Most sources (and the table below) define no parent for island and landmass highpoints; others treat Mount Everest as the parent of every such peak with the world ocean as the "key col".
Double Mountain is located in the Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve.It is situated nine miles (14 km) northwest of Fang Mountain on the divide separating the Sanctuary and Teklanika rivers.
Divide Mountain is a 5,195 ft (1,580 m) summit located in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. [3] It is a landmark in the Toklat River valley visible to tourists from the park road.
Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali" for the tallest mountain in North America. Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it ...
Igloo Mountain is located in the Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve.It is situated 4.93 miles (7.93 km) west of Double Mountain along the west side of Igloo Creek at mile 35 of the Park Road. [2]