The mountain is located in southern Alaska and measures more than 6,000 meters high. The president-elect seeks to give him his old name, which was changed by Barack Obama in 2015.
The elected president of the United States, donald trumppromised this Sunday to change the name of the peak of the tallest mountain in the United Stateshe “Denali“, by its corresponding old name: “Mount McKinley“.
This is the peak located in the National Park and Denali Reservation in the south center of Alaska, and is the tallest mountain in the United States, with an elevation of more than 20,000 feet, i.e. more than 6,000 meters high.
Previously, in 1986its name was “Mount McKinley” in honor of the Republican William McKinleyhe 25th president of the United States that was murdered in 1901. On a trip to Alaska in 2015the then president Barack Obamahad changed the name of the peak to “Mount Denali.”
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The name change was in a effort of Obama for recognizing the Alaska Nativesusing a word that referred to the language which they have used for centuries, since the name means “the tall” in athabascan.
Why was the name of the mountain changed again?
For several years the local officials pressured the federal government to adopt the name Denalisince Alaska officially designated it as the name of the mountain peak in 1975. This action was seen as a great effort to preserve its native namewhich historically had been discarded either completely ignored by American cartographers in the 20th century.
trump spoke in Phoenix on the last day of AmericaFestan annual convention hosted by Turning Point USA, and told supporters that McKinley should have his name restored to America’s tallest mountain, as it was a “great president” that “deserves it“.
“McKinley was a very good president, perhaps a great president. They removed his name from ‘Mount McKinley.’ That’s what they do to people. President McKinley was the responsible for creating a large sum of money. That is one of the reasons why let’s get the name back“Trump said.
At the moment, it is not clear whether trump will change the name of the mountain when he assumes his position in Januarysince it is usually a long process to perform. According to the National Park Servicea proposal must be submitted to the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN), which requires a compelling and justified reason for the change, and the collection of various opinions from authorities. The name would probably also need to be approved by a act of congress.
Source: Ambito
