McKinley Peak [SEP] continent
McKinley Peak
McKinley Peak () is a peak standing west of Hershey Ridge at the south end of the Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of December 5, 1929, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Grace McKinley, wife of Captain Ashley C. McKinley, aerial photographer and third-in-command of the expedition.
which he also used to announce the renaming of the mountain. On September 6, 2015, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin criticized Obama's Alaskan visit and also voiced her opposition to the name change: "The name of the national park was changed to Denali some years ago. So I thought that was good enough. We could keep McKinley as the highest peak on the North American continent. We could keep that name McKinley."
After the 2016 presidential election, President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reportedly asked Alaskan