Google officially changes name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in Maps for US users

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.

Earlier, a Kazinform correspondent reported that Donald Trump signed a package of executive orders on his first day as the president, including an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and direct that Alaska’s Mount Denali be renamed Mount McKinley, reverting to its historical name.