Google will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico and the Denali Mountain of Alaska on Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects the changes ordered by the Trump administration, the company announced on Monday.
Google meets an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump that changed the names of several American reference points. The Executive Order was followed by a statement from the Department of the Interior of the United States. The name changes were now official And the United States geographical names were working “quickly” to comply with Trump’s order.
“We have a long practice to apply name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” Google wrote in a mail In X.
The name of the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps will soon be the “Gulf of America” for American users, a completely new name created by the Trump administration.
Denali, which is the highest peak in North America, will soon appear on Google Maps for all global users as its previous name of Mount McKinley. The Alaska mountain was appointed Mount McKinley in 1917 to honor the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley; The peak was called Denali during the Obama administration in 2015. The Trump administration is changing it, despite protests from some Alaska senators.
However, not all in the world used by Google Maps will see the Gulf of America.
Geographical names that are disputed between different countries appear on Google Maps under the official name of each country for its citizens, according to a Publication in Google social networks. That means that the name of the Gulf of Mexico will not change for Mexican users of Google Maps, where the president of the country, Claudia Sheinbaum, He made fun of Trump for suggesting a new name for the body of water. In other countries, Google Maps will show the names of America and Mexico for the Gulf next to.
Google says it will make these changes when the official database of American names is updated, the geographical name information system or GNI. Although the Department of the Interior announced that the name changes of the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley were official on Friday, GNIS still reflects that both are appointed the Gulf of Mexico and Denali from Monday night.