Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

Some groups in Alaska say they will continue to refer to the country's highest mountain as Denali, despite an executive order ...

While Gulf of America is a new term for the body of water that was first called by its other name on a 1550 map, the mountain was officially called Mount McKinley from 1917 until 2015 when it was ...

Most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley — an identifier inspired ...

DENALI BOROUGH, Alaska — Chris Noel is the mayor of Denali Borough and lives in the forested neighborhood of McKinley Village, which sometimes shows up as Denali Park on online maps. He’s very ...

Trump has since returned to this theme, claiming in a speech in January 2025: "McKinley was a very good, maybe a great president. They took his name off Mount McKinley. That's what they do to people." ...

Google will also change the name of Mount McKinley, the nation's highest peak, from Denali. Former President Barack Obama renamed the Alaska landmark to Denali in 2015 as a nod to the region's ...

Michele Stevens, daughter of Carola June Young, proposed naming the peak “Mount Carola” to honor her mother, and the proposal ...

Google Maps will reflect President Trump’s changes in the United States and will show the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount ...

Here's what to know about the name changes and when they will take effect. When will Google Maps show the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley? In the executive order signed Jan. 20, Trump said the ...

Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali" for the tallest mountain in North America. Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it ...