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The mountain is first named on a map by Ferdinand von Wrangel in 1839; the names Tschigmit and Tenada correspond to the locations of Mount Foraker and McKinley, respectively. Von Wrangel had been chief administrator of the Russian settlements in North America from 1829 to 1835.
Its best-known geologic feature is Denali, federally designated as Mount McKinley. Its elevation of 20,310 ft (6,190.5 m) makes it the highest mountain in North America. Its vertical relief (distance from base to peak) of 18,000 ft (5,500 m) is the highest of any mountain in the world.
Tourism organizations in Alaska released statements opposing the renaming of Denali to Mount McKinley and committing to continue calling the mountain Denali. [120] The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile, Alabama, has no immediate plans to change their name, which was designated by an act of Congress. The city-owned museum ...
The peak went unnamed on George Vancouver's 1794 visit, while an 1839 map by the German Russian explorer Ferdinand von Wrangel used the name coined by the nearby Deg Hit’an people, who called it ...
The mountain in Alaska was named after William McKinley in 1917, then changed to Denali in 2015. The federal government officially recognized the mountain, which stands at a staggering 20,310 feet ...
Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980 (the eponymous mountain itself was renamed Denali by the state government in 1975, [1] and the federal government in 2015, [2] but the federal government reverted the name of the mountain itself to Mount McKinley in 2025)
The order instructs that the highest mountain in the U.S. in Alaska be restored to its original 1917 name, Mount McKinley, in honor of the 15th president of the United States, William McKinley.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his kennel and mushing tourism business just 8 miles (12.87 kilometers) from Denali National Park and Preserve’s entrance, and the 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) mountain looms large as he trains his dogs ...