Google announced that once the Geographic Names Information System updates, it will change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Mt. Denali in Google Maps.
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, respectively. The company noted on X the updated nomenclature will appear once the Geographic Names Information System is updated. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” the company posted on X.
Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.” Denali was named Mount McKinley until 2015. The US Department of the Interior said last week it plans to follow the executive order to implement the name changes. “The U.S.
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