Google Maps to rename Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America'

Google said connected Monday that it volition alteration the sanction of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" successful Google Maps erstwhile it is updated successful the U.S. Geographic Names System.

Google Maps volition besides alteration the sanction of Denali successful Alaska to "Mount McKinley."

"We’ve received a fewer questions astir naming wrong Google Maps. We person a long-standing signifier of applying sanction changes erstwhile they person been updated successful authoritative authorities sources," the institution said successful an X post.

But users successful different countries volition spot some names displayed connected the representation successful enactment with a long-standing practice, the institution said.

President Donald Trump ordered the sanction changes the time of his inauguration past week, making bully connected his run promise. The national authorities has since formally implemented the directive to rename both.

The Gulf of Mexico alteration is new, but naming the nation’s highest highest has been a substance of statement for years.

The Obama administration decided to formally sanction it Denali successful 2015, the sanction that section Natives erstwhile used. 

Former President McKinley, for whom the upland is erstwhile again named, ne'er visited Alaska. His name was archetypal used for the acme successful an nonfiction written by a gold prospector successful 1897 and was popularized aft his 1901 assassination. 

NewsNation affiliate The Hill has reached retired to Google for comment.