The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great one" to be restored.

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

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, Mount McKinley.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued 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.”

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 inuagural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley.

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 on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he'd floated years ago and drawing a strong rebuke from Alaska's Republican senior senator.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The Associated Press on Thursday announced its reporting guidelines would not uphold President Donald Trump's decision to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.