While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
President Donald Trump has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as well as changed the name of Denali to Mount McKinely.
The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska's Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as requested by the new president.
Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.
Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.
Google Maps said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.
The Department of the Interior says they're moving quickly to implement President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico.
Jan. 25 (UPI) --The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska's Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as requested by the new president. The Interior Department ...
"As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America," the Interior Department stated in a statement last week. Google responded by noting that the change complies with its longstanding policy of aligning map labeling with updates in official government databases.
Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The process in each state is different.
Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.