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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.
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.
Tectonic map of Alaska and northwestern Canada showing main faults and historic earthquakes Denali Fault and the Denali National Park boundary. The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia, Canada to the central region of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The Wisconsin side covers 1,330 acres (5.4 km 2), and the Minnesota side covers 298 acres (1.21 km 2). The parks straddle the Dalles of the St. Croix River, a deep basalt gorge. [55] [56] Wyalusing State Park is located at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, and covers 2,628 acres (10.64 km 2). [57] [58]
Sled dogs carry on long Alaska tradition at Denali. What city is near Denali National Park and Preserve? The closest year-round community, Healy, is about a dozen miles away from the park entrance ...
Kanikula Glacier 14] 2,513 feet (766 m) (also the Southeast, East and Northeast Forks of Kahiltna Glacier near its Lacuna Glacier ( 62°44′28″N 151°32′16″W / 62.74111°N 151.53778°W / 62.74111; -151.53778 ( Lacuna Glacier ) ; [ 15 ] 3,340 feet (1,020
The Denali Fault is caused by stresses created by the low-angle subduction of the Yakutat microplate underneath Alaska. The Denali Fault Bend is characterized as a gentle restraining bend. [15] The Denali Fault Bend represents a curvature in the Denali Fault that is approximately 75 km long. This curvature creates what is known as a "space ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S ...