Google on Monday said its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government’s lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
On his first day in office, Trump signed orders to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and for Denali -- the highest in the United States -- to revert to Mt. McKinley in Alaska. The president claimed the changes are in line with his “America First” platform.
Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.
While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
Google Maps announced it will be following the US government's lead in changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in the US.
Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump
The "Gulf of Mexico" will be shown as the "Gulf of America" to Google Maps users in the United States after the name change ordered by the Trump Administration is officially updated on the federal mapping database.
As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.”
Google said today that it plans to update Google Maps to reflect President Trump’s January 20th executive order to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley,
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