[ noun ] a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high) <noun.object>
McKinley \McKinley\ prop. n. Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America; 20,300 feet high; also called by the native name {Denali}.
Syn: Mt. McKinley, Denali. [WordNet 1.5]
Denali \Denali\ prop. n. 1. The native name for Mount McKinley in Alaska, translated as the great one.
Syn: Mount McKinley. [PJC]
2. a national park in Alaska in which Mount McKinley is located.
Syn: Denali national park. [PJC]
"To be exposed to Denali weather at that elevation is just asking for it," said Renny Jackson, a ranger who had descended Saturday after spending 24 days on the mountain.
Redoubt erupted less than 14 hours after a light earthquake shook the Denali National Park area, some 300 miles north of the volcano.
In 1975, the Alaska state legislature passed a resolution requesting that the park and the mountain be renamed to Denali. Congressional hearings were held two years later.
Passenger trains also make the run between Anchorage and Fairbanks, serving the Denali National Park and Preserve, where Mount McKinley is located.
Caribou scramble to escape the helicopter ferrying Masteller and wildlife technician John Burch onto the frozen tundra in this remote section of Denali National Park.
Thursday night's quake, centered about 50 miles south of Denali National Park, measured 4.9 on the Richter scale, said seismologists at the Tsunami Warning Center at Palmer.
Hundreds of tourists scheduled to visit Denali National Park and Preserve and the Mount McKinley area by train Tuesday were to be bused around the wreck, tour officials said.