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
Elevation The highest elevation in the United States is Mount McKinley, Alaska, at 20,320 feet above sea level.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
In the spring of 1995, the same team had traveled to Alaska to climb Mount McKinley as a shakedown for the attempt on Everest in 1996.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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