Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...
'Do we really need another mountain named McKinley?'
The "decision to return to the McKinley name" for Alaska's mountain is a "slap in the face of recent efforts to acknowledge ...
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‘In Alaska, it’s Denali’: Murkowski, Sullivan unite with state leaders on Alaska mountain’s name
Alaska lawmakers quickly countered. The House Rules Committee rolled out Joint Resolution 4, which urges national leaders to “maintain Denali as the official name for the tallest mountain in ...
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Alaska lawmakers push back on Trump's mountain name change
Donald Trump's order to change the name of the highest mountain in the United States faced pushback Friday from members of his own party. Alaska's Republican-dominated senate voted overwhelmingly ...
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Murkowski introduces bill to reverse Trump’s Mount McKinley name change
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) — would require the name Denali be used in all official references to the Alaskan mountain, including in U.S. laws, maps, regulations and other records. “In Alaska ...