Denali

National Park · Alaska

Park Stats

Area4,740,911 acres

Denali summit6,190 m (true)

Vertical relief5,500 m base→summit

Established1917

DEMUSGS 3DEP 10m

Notable Features

Denali summit6,168 m
Mt. Foraker5,304 m
Mt. Hunter4,442 m
Wonder Lake 600 m
Park HQ 488 m

Layer

Colored Hillshade

Elevation

Hillshade

Opacity 100%

About

Denali (Athabaskan for "the high one") is the tallest peak in North America at 6,190 m — and unlike Everest, it rises directly from low-elevation tundra rather than from an already-elevated plateau. Its 5,500 m of base-to-summit vertical relief exceeds any other mountain on Earth, including Everest's 3,700 m from base camp. The Alaska Range was uplifted by the Pacific Plate diving under the North American Plate — collision that's still active. The DEM here captures the summit at 6,168 m (real, not a sentinel value).

10 m colormap + 10 m hillshade NW @ 45° · sources at /data