Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

Alaska is known for the records of America’s tallest mountains, like Denali, which is about 20,000 feet, which outdoor enthusiasts have never reached that far north. In the lower 48, many mountains ...

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

When the races are over, Mount Marathon stands watch over Seward, holding centuries of history and untold stories.

The story also states “Alaska’s junior senator told the president that Denali was the name given to the mountain by the Athabascan people more than 10,000 years ago. And Sullivan’s wife is ...

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 ...

Key sources: “Alaska News Gathered from Far and Near.” Cook Inlet Pioneer, June 19, 1915, 2. Cook, Frederick A. “Mount McKinley.” Overland Monthly, February ...

The 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve on clear days can be see from hundreds of miles away. “Denali is the name of our mountain; a name of great importance ...

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 ...

Before Mr. Obama’s 2015 declaration, lawmakers in Alaska had been pushing for Denali as the mountain’s official name for decades. In 1975, the governor and State Legislature formally requested ...