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"McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali"

Posted by timothy on from the now-I'll-never-climb-mckinley dept.

NPR reports that the Alaskan mountain which has for nearly a century been known officially as Mt. McKinley will revert to the name under which it's been known for a much longer time: Denali. President Obama is to "make a public announcement of the name change in Anchorage Monday, during a three-day visit to Alaska." Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's secretarial order of August 28th declares the name change to be immediately effective, and directs the United States Board on Geographic Names "to immediately implement this name change, including changing the mountain's name in the Board's Geographic Names Information System and notifying all interested parties of the name change."

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  1. Re:Not a new idea by Hognoxious · · Score: 1, Troll

    It'd be like Trump buying Pike's Peak and renaming it Trump's Peak or something.

    If that happens I suspect I won't be the only one photoshopping a squashed cat onto the summit.

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  2. Let's see ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... it's also worth noting that McKinley never set foot in Alaska, never did a damn thing for them

    George Washington also never set foot to Washington State, and that dude did nothing for the folks in WA state either ...
     
    Does that mean Obama gets to change the state name from "WA" to "OB"?

  3. Fine, but by sabbede · · Score: -1, Troll

    Obama can't have anything named after him. Only fair.

  4. same bullshit in australia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They're trying to rename Ayer's rock ro Uluru.

    why the fuck respect a culture that couldn't figure out the wheel?

  5. Re:ummmm by NotDrWho · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because it will keep his liberal constituents distracted and cheering while he quietly approves a bunch of new oil drilling deals there.

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