Why does the highest mountain of the US have two names?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

Native Alaskans have been referring to it as Denali historically, while the name McKinley was dubbed after President McKinley. The right thing to call it should be Denali, and the name McKinley will likely be dropped in the future.

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