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Denali in Alaska (USA).

Denali, also formerly known as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in both the United States and North America. It is exactly 20,310 feet (6,190.5 m) high. It is in the highest part of the Alaska Range. Denali means "the high one" in the Athabaskan language.

Location

Denali is in the middle of the Alaska Range. It is about 130 miles (209 km) north-northwest of Anchorage and 155 miles (249 km) southwest of Fairbanks. The summit is about 35 miles (56 km) from the nearest major road, the George Parks Highway.

Images for kids

  • In a grayscale photograph, two men stand in front of a tent and snowy evergreen trees

    Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens, co-leaders of the first successful summit of Denali in 1913

  • 2012-ATB-Quarters-Unc-Denali

    The reverse side of the Denali National Park quarter

  • An aerial view of Denali; an airplane wing is visible in the lower-left corner

    Denali's West Buttress (lower left to upper right), August 2010

  • A rotating 3-D computer image of the mountain

    A three-dimensional representation of the mountain created with topographic data

  • The top of Denali is shrouded in clouds

    Denali, here shrouded in clouds, is large enough to create its own localized weather


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