WASHINGTON DC: In line with a recent executive order by President Donald Trump, Google Maps will soon update the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” for users in the United States.

Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System ...

She suggested in response that North America be changed ... the southeast of the US Gulf of America went beyond the United States borders when Google Maps said it would comply by changing the ...

Google has said it will restore the name Mount McKinley to North America's highest peak and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" on its Maps app ... is one of South Africa’s ...

The change in name will only appear for Google Maps users in the US. Google also said its US app users would see North America's highest mountain, Mount Denali, revert to its previous name of ...

Outside these two countries, both names will appear on the map. In addition to the Gulf of Mexico, the Alaskan peak Denali, the highest mountain in North America, will also be ... the body of water ...

He also ordered America’s highest mountain peak be changed back to Mt. McKinley. FILE – A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week requiring the federal government to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on official maps, a move that could take ...