Jan 21, 2025 · Topline. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has ...

3 days ago · When Obama announced the renaming, his administration released a statement that noted McKinley “never set foot in Alaska,” and the peak that rises some 20,000 feet above sea level was known by ...

On August 30, 2015, Sally Jewell announced that the mountain would be renamed Denali, under authority of federal law which permits her as Secretary of the Interior to name geographic features if the Board on Geographic Names does not act within a "reasonable" period of time. In media interviews, Jewell cited the board's failure to act on the ...

Jan 26, 2025 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his kennel and mushing tourism business just 8 miles (12.87 kilometers) from Denali National Park and Preserve’s entrance, and the 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) mountain looms large as he trains his dogs ...

Jan 20, 2025 · The national park area surrounding Mount McKinley shall retain the name Denali National Park and Preserve. ... take all appropriate actions to rename as the “Gulf of America” the U.S ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Denali is an Athabascan word meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The iconic 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) mountain, snow-capped and dotted with glaciers, is in Denali National Park and Preserve. The Tanana Chiefs Conference, a consortium of Athabascan tribes in Interior Alaska, spent years advocating for the peak to be recognized as ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Trump team announces renaming of Gulf of Mexico, Mt. Denali among Day 1 executive orders 03:56. As part of a flurry of executive orders on President Trump's first day in office, the newly ...

Jan 20, 2025 · President Trump announced on Monday that he would sign an executive order renaming the tallest mountain in North America as Mount McKinley, undoing a 2015 decision that had restored the peak’s...

Dec 22, 2024 · U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was...

WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the...