Yahoo Lifestyle Google Maps Agrees to Replace 'Gulf of Mexico' with 'Gulf of America' for United States Users
Though U.S. maps will reflect Trump's new name for the body of water, the rest of the world will continue calling it the Gulf of Mexico
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President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. government to start calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America"Google Maps will soon change "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America," the tech company revealed on Monday evening.
The imminent map update comes in response to President Donald Trump's Day One executive order for the government to stop calling the body of water by its original name, instead suggesting that it should be named after the United States because it played a "pivotal role in shaping America's future and the global economy."
Trump's left-field decision to focus on maps during his first day in office was met with criticism, both domestically and abroad.
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Panama City Beach, Fla., sits along the Gulf of Mexico, which Donald Trump has begun calling the Gulf of AmericaIn a post on X, Google addressed its plan to comply with Trump's executive order, citing a "longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources" — which is based on updates to the Geographic Names Information System.
"Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name," the post read. "Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too."
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum previously assured her constituents that Mexico would pay no attention to Trump's new guidance on what to call the gulf.
"He says that he will call it the 'Gulf of America' on its continental shelf. For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico," Sheinbaum, 62, said on Tuesday, Jan. 21, per the Associated Press.
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Mount Denali will once again be known as Mount McKinley after an executive order from President Donald TrumpAs with the switch to Gulf of America, Google Maps will soon revert Mount Denali back to its former name, Mount McKinley.
The Alaskan mountain's name has been the subject of controversy for decades, teetering between Denali, which pays tribute to the state's Native population, and McKinley, which pays tribute to Ohio-born President William McKinley.
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In 2015, President Barack Obama's administration made the move to officially begin referring to the continent's tallest mountain as Mount Denali. Now, Trump has ordered that it be once again titled Mount McKinley in the GNIS.
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