Denali
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Denali, formerly Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain in North America. It is located in south central Alaska and rises 20,330 ft (6,194 m) above sea level.
The mountain was known as Mount McKinley for more than a century.[1] In 2015, President Barack Obama announced that the mountain would be renamed "Denali".[2] The State of Alaska has requested this name change repeatedly, beginning in 1975. Denali is a bogus "Indian name" for the mountain. In the 19th century, Russian residents sometimes called it Bolshaya Gora (the big mountain). "Denali" is an attempt to back translate this name into Koyukon, one of the local dialects.
References
- ↑ The 1911 edition of Britannica calls it "Mt. McKinley" and identifies it as "the loftiest peak in North America."
- ↑ "Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali," New York Times, 30 August 2015