Mount McKinley(Denali)
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| highest point: |
6,194 |
| location: |
North America |
| range: |
Alaska Range |
| coordinates: |
63° 5' 51.34? N 151° 0' 19.86? W |
Mount McKinley or Denali( Denali is the name preferred by the mountaineering community) in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America, at a height of approximately 6,194 metres (20,320 feet).
It is commonly known as Denali, which means "the great one" in the Dena'ina language, and which is also the official name currently recognized by the State of Alaska. In 1897 the Mountain was "officially" named Mount McKinley, after the popular U.S. president William McKinley. As the decades progressed Indian-rights activists began increasingly to view this renaming as colonial and disrespectful. There have been several campaigns to officially switch the name of the mountain back to "Denali" nationwide. However, at the first session of each Congress, Ralph Regula, the congressman from President McKinley's district, introduces legislation "to provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley," which effectively blocks any effort at a name change.
A 1903 claim of a first ascent by Dr. Frederick Cook was later proven fraudulent, and the first real ascent came on June 7, 1913 by a party led by Hudson Stuck. In 1947, Barbara Washburn became the first woman to reach the summit. The mountain is regularly climbed today, although it is still a dangerous undertaking, and there have been many fatalities.
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