MOUNT DENALI

July 1, 2019

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aparna Kumar has become the first civil servant to scale Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America.

About:

  • Name: Mount Denali was once called Mount McKinley. It was officially named Denali after protests by the native Koyukon Athabascan people who call the mountain Denali, which is usually translated as "The Great One."

  • Location: It is located in south-central Alaska.

  • Height: The mountain's peak is 20,310 feet (6,190 meters) above sea level, thus making it the –
    • tallest mountain in North America and

    • third highest mountain of the Seven Summits — the highest mountains on each of the seven continents — following Mount Everest in Nepal and Aconcagua in Argentina.



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