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+ READ ARTICLE. President Barack Obama announced Sunday that he would restore the original Native American name to the tallest peak in North America: Mount McKinley will once again be Denali.
The answer is the same: Mount McKinley. At 20,320 feet Mount McKinley is the highest mountain peak in the United States as well as North America. It is part of the 600-mile-long Alaska Range of mountains. Named for U.S. President William McKinley, the mountain is called Denali, meaning The High One, in the native Athabascan language. Mount McKinley National Park was created in 1917 as a wildlife refuge.