Google Maps will soon rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" in the US, following a change in the US Geographic Names System, the company confirmed on January 27.
Google Maps will change the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System, Alphabet's Google said in an X post on Monday (January 27).
The change will be visible in the US, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps. Reached for comment, a Google spokesperson referred Reuters to the company's X post.
The Trump administration's Interior Department announced on January 24 that it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as well as renaming the Alaskan peak Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley), the tallest mountain in North America.
President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a series of executive actions shortly after taking office on January 20, fulfilling a campaign promise.
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Trump orders Pentagon, DHS to expand migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for up to 30,000 detainees, citing the need to hold "the worst criminal illegal aliens."
President Donald Trump has suggested that the midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport "should have been prevented."
An American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.
Environmentalists in Mexico City are rallying against a gas export project in the Gulf of California, warning it could endanger whales and disrupt the region’s fragile marine ecosystem. The project, led by Saguaro Energia, involves deep-sea vessels that would navigate through whale breeding grounds,
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered preparations to house up to 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay, expanding an existing migrant facility on the naval base. The site has been used before for Haitian and Cuban migrants, separate from the prison holding terrorism suspects.
Trump orders Pentagon, DHS to expand migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for up to 30,000 detainees, citing the need to hold "the worst criminal illegal aliens."
President Donald Trump has suggested that the midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport "should have been prevented."
An American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.
Environmentalists in Mexico City are rallying against a gas export project in the Gulf of California, warning it could endanger whales and disrupt the region’s fragile marine ecosystem. The project, led by Saguaro Energia, involves deep-sea vessels that would navigate through whale breeding grounds,
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered preparations to house up to 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay, expanding an existing migrant facility on the naval base. The site has been used before for Haitian and Cuban migrants, separate from the prison holding terrorism suspects.
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