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An executive order signed by Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Alaska’s Denali back to Mount McKinley.
The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America, the Interior Department announced Friday, while the name of North America’s highest peak, Alaska’s Denali, has been changed back to Mount McKinley, both moves are in response to a controversial executive order signed by President Trump after he took office.
The Interior Department said in a news release that the name changes “reaffirm the Nation’s commitment to preserving the extraordinary heritage of the United States and ensuring that future generations of Americans celebrate the legacy of its heroes and historic assets.”
The department’s U.S. Board on Geographic Names will now be tasked with updating “the official federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use,” the agency added.
While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
Google announced Google Maps would reflect the changes made.
Google said, “We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
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.
“We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps,” Google posted on X Monday evening. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
Once the update is made, Google will “update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America.”
Google also said that, in line with its longstanding practice, when official names vary between countries, Maps users will “see their official local name.”
“Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names,” Google posted. “That applies here too.”