Mountains and Language

Park ranger and his "bark ranger" dog at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.

NPS/Alice W Biel

Language connected to mountains reflects our different cultural lenses, from the names we give mountains, to the stories we tell about them, to the metaphors we see in them.

Explore articles related to mountains and language:

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  Denali or Mount McKinley?

  A naming debate that lasted more than 100 years.

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  Why Wheeler Peak?

  How Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler provided this mountain its final name.

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  The Mountains with No Name

  Reflections on the unnamed mountains of Katmai National Park and Preserve.

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  Appalachian English

  Learn more about the speech of Appalachia through the University of South Carolina, College of Arts and Sciences.