| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| McKinley, Mount |
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| peak, 20,320 ft (6,194 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the mountain and feed numerous glaciers. Known locally as Denali [“the Great One”], Mt. McKinley was first scaled successfully by the American explorer Hudson Stuck in 1913. It is included in Denali National Park and Preserve. |
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