The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.

President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley. What you need to know.

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday,

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley. "A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,

The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.

President Donald Trump has officially issued an executive order to change Denali, the tallest peak in Alaska and North America, back to Mount McKinley.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Here's why:

The Alaskan mountain, now known as Mount Denali, will revert back to its previous name Mount McKinley, which was changed by former President Barack Obama. Obama changed the name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives as well as the preference of many Alaska residents.

Ahead of his inauguration on Monday, it was revealed that Trump would sign an order to rename Denali as Mount McKinley (and rename the Gulf of Mexico ). Why does renaming an Alaskan peak rise to the top of the list of Trump’s first-day priorities?

Alaska Native leaders, as well as state politicians, object that the order undoes years of work with the federal government to establish Denali as the rightful name. “Located on

Hours into his second term as president, Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Denali, the tallest mountain in the US, to Mount McKinley in honour of former President William McKinley. Here's everything you need to know about the Republican president,