Denali
noun
uk/dəˈnɑː.li/us/dəˈnɑː.li/thehighestmountaininNorthAmerica, in the USstateofAlaska. ItsformerofficialnamewasMountMcKinley:
Denali is thehighestmountainpeakinNorthAmerica, with asummitelevationof 20,310feetabovesealevel.
Alaskanmountaineershave acompulsoryorientationsessionbefore they areallowedto make asummitattempton Denali.
- The Koyukonpeoplewhoinhabittheareaaround themountainhave referred to thepeakas Denali forcenturies.
- DenaliNationalPark and Preserve,formerlyknownasMountMcKinleyNationalPark, islocatedin InteriorAlaska,centeredon Denali, thehighestmountaininNorthAmerica.
- MountMcKinley wasrenamedtoMountDenali.
Geography: hills & mountains
- acclivity
- craggy
- escarpment
- esker
- highlands
- Marilyn
- mesa
- mid-ocean ridge
- motte
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- pinnacle
- precipitous
- scarp
- slope
- spur
- steep
- the Adirondack Mountains
- the Alaska Range
- the Alps
- the Andes