Mount McKinley
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Highest peak in North America.
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Google also said its US app users would see North America's highest mountain, Mount Denali, revert to its previous name of Mount McKinley, following a separate renaming push from Trump.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
In 2015 the U.S. government restored the name Denali to North America’s highest mountain, which for decades was called Mount McKinley, after 25th U.S. president William McKinley.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 7, 2023
A gold leaf mural of Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest mountain now named Denali, graced the lobby.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Denali, a 20,310-foot peak formerly known as Mount McKinley, was closed to climbers in 2020.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
“For our first date I proposed going to Alaska and climbing Mount McKinley together. And she said yes.”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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