Monday, August 31, 2015

Mount McKinley Renamed Denali Ahead of Obama's Visit

North America's highest mountain is no longer named Mount McKinley. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell signed an order Aug. 28 changing its name to Denali, a local Athabascan name for the mountain, which is located in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. President Obama is scheduled to visit Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 31 in a visit partly intended to call attention to the effects of climate change on the region...more

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