The federal government is following through on President Trump’s pledge to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. It is also working to restore the name Mount McKinley to America’s tallest mountain, whose name was changed to Denali, its Native American name, by the Obama Administration ten years ago.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
Federal changes have to be made, but other countries and private companies can keep using "Gulf of Mexico." Here's why.
The Associated Press said in updated guidance that it will use President Trump’s name change for Mount McKinley but not the Gulf of Mexico. In an announcement Thursday, Amanda Barrett, the AP’s
Britain will not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America despite Donald Trump’s order for it to be renamed, The Telegraph understands.
Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
A Wisconsin-based geographer writes in a commentary that in the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.
The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press will refer to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen. As a global news agency that disseminates news around the world, the AP must ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable to all audiences.