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Among the slew of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office was one titled “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness”.

About Mount McKinley

Feature	Details
Location	Near the center of the Alaska Range, south-central Alaska, USA
Significance	Highest peak in North America.
Height	Rises about 18,000 feet (5,500 meters) from the Denali Fault.
Formation	Uplifted giant blocks of granite during tectonic activity ~60 million years ago.
Peaks	Two peaks: a higher southerly summit and a lower northern summit.
Snowfields	The upper half is covered with permanent snowfields.
Glaciers	Kahiltna Glacier, Muldrow Glacier, Peters Glacier, Ruth Glacier, Traleika Glacier
National Park	The central feature of Denali National Park and Preserve.

Key facts about the Denali Fault

Located in southern Alaska, it has played a vital role in shaping Earth's geological history.
The study reveals that three sites along the Denali fault were once part of a single geological formation that symbolized the final joining of two land masses millions of years ago.
More than 300 miles (483 km) of horizontal movement along the fault has torn apart this single formation as a result of millions of years of tectonic activity.
These three sites once formed a terminal suture zone, indicating the final stage of plate tectonic integration into a larger mass.

About North America Physical Features

Feature	Details
Western Cordilleras	Young fold mountains from Alaska to the Andes; include the Rocky Mountains, Alaska Range, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and Sierra Madre; part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Central Lowlands	Stretch from Arctic Shores to the Gulf of Mexico; fertile plains; includes Canadian Shield (Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario).
Eastern Highlands	Old fold mountains (Laurentian Highlands in Canada, Appalachians in the USA); less than 2,000m in height; steep slopes cause waterfalls.
Major Gulfs	Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Major Islands	Vancouver Island, Greenland, Prince of Wales Island, Hawaii Island, Cuba, Bermuda Island.
Drainage Patterns	Rivers draining into: the Gulf of Mexico (Mississippi, Missouri), Atlantic Ocean (St. Lawrence), Arctic Ocean (Mackenzie, Nelson), and Pacific Ocean (Yukon, Colorado).
Seas	Caribbean Sea, Beaufort Sea, Hudson Bay, Labrador Sea, Bering Sea.
Inland Drainage	Great Basin (Rocky Mountains); rivers terminate in saline lakes like the Great Salt Lake.
Major Lakes	Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario), Lake Winnipeg, Great Bear Lake, Great Salt Lake, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Athabaska.