Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive their place in it. Names can send messages and suggest what is and isn’t valued ...

Discover Denali, the highest mountain in North America, with its immense height, complex naming history, challenging climbing ...

Renaming Denali back to Mount McKinley, along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, will be among the nearly 200 day-one executive orders Donald Trump is expected to sign after ...

Recently, the new U.S. Administration announced some notable geographic name changes. Maps may soon display the “Gulf of America” and, as the highest peak in North America, Mt. McKinley will ...

In 1967, Mount McKinley (Denali) witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. In Part I of this series, we told the story of McKinley’s first winter ascent. Later that same year ...

President Trump is pledging to restore the name of President McKinley, his model on tariff policy, to North America’s tallest mountain. It’s a move he promised in 2015 — one that will please Ohioans ...

Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the ...

Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the ...

WASHINGTON >> 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 ...

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 ...

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama changed the mountain's name to Denali to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and preferences of residents.

JUNEAU, Alaska — President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he'd floated years ago that at that time saw ...