Search Geography Explorer

Search countries, cities, rivers, lakes, deserts, oceans, islands and more

Denali

#19 in World

United States

1 / 8
© Denali National Park and PreservePublic Domain
Elevation
6,190 m
Coordinates
63.0695, -151.0074
Category
mountains

Overview

Highest peak in North America, rising dramatically from the Alaskan lowlands.

About

Denali, federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak on land, measuring 18,000 ft (5,500 m). With a topographic prominence of 20,156 feet (6,144 m) and a topographic isolation of 4,621.1 miles (7,436.9 km), Denali is the third most prominent and third-most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.

Fun facts

More fun facts like this

More about Denali

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Denali, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read full article