Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.

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The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

In a post on X, Google said it will follow the government’s lead by changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America." ...

Google Maps to show 'Gulf of America' to US users Google has said it will restore the name Mount McKinley to North America's highest peak and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" on its ...

Google is complying with President Donald Trump’s executive action that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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