For thousands of years, Indigenous Koyukon Athabascans called North America’s highest mountain Denali, meaning “The High One.” However, in the late 1800s, a prospector named it Mount ...

using his executive power to restore an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America. The move came on the eve of Mr. Obama’s trip to Alaska ...

The highest mountains in the world have a unique allure. A journey just to catch glimpses of these mysterious, remote, savage ...

The Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee are the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain, hosting the world's greatest diversity of plant, animal, and insect life of any region in a ...

The highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains has a bit of everything that makes North Carolina great. Grandfather Mountain ...

The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic ... The longest mountain range on land is the Andes in South America. The Andes run for over 7,000km. Other mountains (usually those that ...