While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.
Google Maps has confirmed that, following the US GNIS, it will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America."
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government’s lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
Google Maps will call it the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.
Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.
Google said on Monday that it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps once it is updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. Google Maps will also change the name of Denali in Alaska to “Mount McKinley.
Google Maps will reflect President Trump’s changes in the United States and will show the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, Fox News Digital has learned.
In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in Alaska. To start, Trump re-named the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” following through on a promise he made during his campaign. The body of water borders Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will everyone call it that?