Alaska– The tallest mountain in North America has a new name. Mt. McKinley is now called Denali.
President Obama says he’s giving the 20,300-foot high mountain its traditional Alaska native name.
Denalistands for ‘great one’ but it had been named after former President William Mckinley.
Alaskans have long called the mountain by its native name.
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