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Norris, Frank (2006), Crown Jewel of the North:An Administrative History of Denali National Park and Preserve, Volume 2, National Park Service (80 MB download) Scoggins, Dow (2004), Discovering Denali: A Complete Reference Guide to Denali National Park and Mount McKinley, Alaska. iUniverse Star. ISBN 0-595-29737-4
Located in the Alaska Range in the interior of the U.S. state of Alaska, Denali is the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve. The Koyukon people who inhabit the area around the mountain have referred to the peak as "Denali" for centuries.
View of the mountain, centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve. The name of the highest mountain in North America became a subject of dispute in 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to officially change its name from "Mount McKinley" to "Denali".
The Cantwell Formation is a geologic formation in Alaska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period , it has also yielded numerous dinosaur tracks at Denali National Park . Contemporary therizinosaurid and hadrosaurid trackways in the formation indicate that the area was once a major point of immigration between Asia and North ...
Mount Foraker is a 17,400-foot (5,304 m) mountain in the central Alaska Range, in Denali National Park, 14 mi (23 km) southwest of Denali.It is the second highest peak in the Alaska Range, and the third highest peak in the United States.
The 20,000-foot peak in Denali National Park and Preserve in south-central Alaska had since 1917 been known as Mount McKinley, in honor of 25th president William McKinley, who was assassinated in ...
Mount Dall is a 8,399-foot (2,560 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, southwest of Denali. Mount Dall was named in 1902 by A.H. Brooks of the U.S. Geological Survey after naturalist and Alaska explorer William Healey Dall. [2] [3]
Alaska's Mount Denali was tough, Michigan's Mount Arvon wasn't — and 26.2 miles of Detroit Free Press Marathon will be a welcome challenge. Rubin: Dad and daughter who've conquered Denali turn ...