Mexico, America, or Both? Google Maps’ Latest Name Change Heats Up Debate
If you are using Google Maps in the United States, then there is an interesting update for you! You will soon see the “Gulf of Mexico” labeled as the “Gulf of America.” This change follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on January 20, just hours after taking office.
The renaming is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to change several geographic names across the country. The U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed that the changes are now official and that the Geographic Names System is working quickly to implement them.
Google announced that it follows official government sources when updating names on its platform.
In a post on X Google, the company clarified that the change will only be visible to users in the U.S. In Mexico, the name will remain “Gulf of Mexico,” while users outside both countries will see both names listed.
With the Gulf of Mexico, Trump has also ordered the Alaskan mountain Denali to be renamed Mount McKinley. The mountain was originally named Mount McKinley in 1917 but was changed back to Denali by the Obama administration in 2015.
Now these moves have initiated a big round of debate in America and the world.
On a lighter note, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum joked that North America should be renamed “Mexican America” in response.
Though handling these types of hot topics of name changes is not new for Google. For example, the body of water between Japan and South Korea is listed as the “Sea of Japan (East Sea)” in international versions of Google Maps.
While the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is now official in the U.S., the debate over geographic names is far from over.
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