Denali
| Denali | |
|---|---|
| Mount McKinley | |
 Denali Location in Alaska
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| Location | Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S. |
| Parent range | Alaska Range |
| Topo map | USGS Mt. McKinley A-3 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | June 7, 1913 by |
| Easiest route | West Buttress Route (glacier/snow climb) |
Denali, called Mount McKinley by the U.S. government since 2025, is the highest mountain peak in both the United States and North America, and one of Seven Summits. It is exactly 20,310 feet (6,190 m) high.[4] It is in the highest part of the Alaska Range.
Name
[change | change source]Denali means "the high one" in the Athabaskan language. In 1896, a gold prospector named it Mount McKinley after William McKinley, who would win the presidency that year. The U.S. government adopted "Mount McKinley" in 1917. In 1975, the Alaskan government began calling the mountain "Denali". The U.S. government followed suit in 2015. In 2025, President Donald Trump ordered government agencies to once again call the mountain "Mount McKinley".
Location
[change | change source]Denali is in the middle of the [[Alaska Range[[. It is about 130 miles (210 km) north-northwest of Anchorage and 155 miles (249 km) southwest of Fairbanks. The summit is about 35 miles (56 km) from the nearest major road, the George Parks Highway.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Mark Newell; Blaine Horner (September 2, 2015). Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Wagner, Mary Jo (November 2015). "Surveying at 20,000 feet". The American Surveyor. 12 (10): 10–19. ISSN 1548-2669.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 PeakVisor. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 25, 2007
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