Scientific American16d
Can Trump Just Order New Names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico?
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...
Alaska Public Media17d
Denali or McKinley: What should the mountain be called and why does it matter?
President Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to revert from Denali to its former name: Mount McKinley. We want to hear from you: What should Alaska's highest mountain be ...
Seattle Times21d
Denali versus McKinley: a brief history of the debate over a mountain’s name
At 20,310 feet tall, Denali is visible for hundreds ... Groups living to the south of the Alaska Range identified it as “the big mountain,” or Dghelay Ka’a in Upper Inlet Dena’ina, Dghili ...
Alaska Dispatch News22d
Denali vs. McKinley: A brief history of the long debate over what to call North America’s highest mountain
At 20,310 feet tall, Denali is visible for hundreds ... Groups living to the south of the Alaska Range identified it as “the big mountain,” or Dghelay Ka’a in Upper Inlet Dena’ina, Dghili ...
Forbes24d
Trump Renames Denali To Mount McKinley—Here’s What To Know
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain ... name to Denali in part to achieve his ...
E&E23d
‘Denali’ to disappear as part of Trump’s new name-calling
President Donald Trump ordered the renaming of Denali as Mount McKinley on Monday ... Native American name for North America’s highest mountain with that of a favorite Republican president.
Politifact21d
US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
Native Alaskan language scholars say the name Denali had been used by Indigenous people for thousands of years for the tallest mountain in ... Gwich'in language is part of the Athabascan ...
Fairbanks KTVF on MSN6h
‘In Alaska, it’s Denali’: Murkowski, Sullivan unite with state leaders on Alaska mountain’s name
The 34th Alaska Legislature convened just a day after Trump signed “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” which stated the 2015 move to do away with Denali was an “affront to President ...
New York Post24d
Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Mount Denali as part of first-day executive orders
The Gulf of Mexico was rechristened the Gulf of America, while Denali, the highest mountain in North America, reverted to Mount McKinley — which it was called in the sight of the US government ...
Murkowski introduces bill to reverse Trump’s Mount McKinley name change
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation on Thursday to rename North America’s highest mountain “Denali,” after ...