GOOGLE OFFICIALLY CHANGES NAME OF GULF OF MEXICO TO GULF OF AMERICA IN MAPS FOR US USERS

Tue 11 February 2025:

Tech firm Google officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps app following a change instituted by US President Donald Trump.

Google said that within the US, it follows the US Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System, which has formally adopted Trump’s name change for the body of water spanning much of Mexico’s east coast and the US South.

Users in the US now see “Gulf of America,” while those in Mexico continue to see the original name. Users outside of the two nations will see the original name with Trump’s preferred name in parentheses.

Apple Maps continues to maintain the original name.

Among successive waves of executive orders issued by Trump was one renaming the body of water that has been known as the Gulf of Mexico for centuries.

The order also changed the name of Alaska’s Mount Denali, the name used for the mountain that has the highest peak in North America, back to Mount McKinley.

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U.S. President Donald Trump recently renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” through Executive Order 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” signed on January 20, 2025. This order directed the Secretary of the Interior to take necessary actions to rename the U.S. Continental Shelf area, bounded by Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, as the “Gulf of America.”

Trump’s reasoning behind this change is to restore American pride in the country’s history and greatness, as stated in the executive order. The renamed region is now recognized as an integral part of America’s history and identity.

To commemorate this change, Trump declared February 9, 2025, as the first-ever “Gulf of America Day” through a presidential proclamation. This day is intended to be observed with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to honor the region’s significance in American history.

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