The Alaska House has voted to urge President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali
King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.
Mexico is sending a formal letter to Google, requesting that the company refrain from implementing the name change on its platform.
North America’s tallest peak is renamed Mt. McKinley, but many Alaskans favor a name that spans deep into history.
The House resolution, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, says the name Denali is “deeply ingrained in the state’s culture and identity” and urges Trump to maintain Denali as the peak’s official name in federal databases.
Donald Trump’s new names for Alaska’s Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico will soon be realized in Google Maps. The massive, multinational corporation announced Monday that it would bend to an ...
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.
During his inuagural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley.
Google on Monday said its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.
Step aside "Gulf of America," this famous mountain peak, the tallest in North America, may also revert to its former name - but not without controversy.
Google Maps has reclassified the United States as a "sensitive country" after President Trump ordered the renaming of major landmarks.