The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska senator.

The mountain had been officially called “Denali” since 2015, a decision made by former President Barack Obama to honour the name long used by Alaska Natives

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restore the name of North America's highest peak to Mount McKinley from 'Denali'.

The peak was known as Mount McKinley until 2015, when President Obama changed it in recognition of its 10,000 year old original Alaskan name

The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama changed the mountain's name to Denali to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and preferences of residents.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued this week hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.

The mountain was previously called Mount McKinley, after the Ohio native former president. The name was officially changed in 2015.

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A directive for the Department of Interior to begin formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico landed in the initial barrage of new President Donald Trump executive orders. “In recognition of this fl

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he'd