Google Maps renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' after Trump order

Google Maps has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. 

The change came a day after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation declaring February 9th as "Gulf of America Day" and days Trump ordered that the water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba be renamed to the Gulf of America. 

He also ordered America’s highest mountain peak be changed back to Mt. McKinley.

Google said that it will only make changes when the government updates its official listings for the body of water and the mountain.

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What they're saying:

"We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," Google previously said in a post on X.

The company said that Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 million geographic features in the United States.

"When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America," Google said.

Trump said in his inaugural address that he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," repeating an idea he first brought up in January during a news conference.

"America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world," he said last month. "A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."

The other side:

Other countries don’t have to go along with the new name.

The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the United States and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them. There are instances where countries refer to the same body of water or landmark by different names in their own documentation.

The backstory:

The body of water has been depicted with that name for more than four centuries, an original determination believed to have been taken from a Native American city of "Mexico."

Since his first run for the White House in 2016, Trump has repeatedly clashed with Mexico over a number of issues, including border security and the imposition of tariffs on imported goods. He vowed then to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and make Mexico pay for it. The U.S. ultimately constructed or refurbished about 450 miles of wall during his first term.

The Gulf of Mexico is often referred to as the United States’ "Third Coast" due to its coastline across five southeastern states. Mexicans use a Spanish version of the same name for the gulf: "El Golfo de México."

Americans and Mexicans diverge on what to call another key body of water, the river that forms the border between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. Americans call it the Rio Grande; Mexicans call it the Rio Bravo.

What's next:

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution urging Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

He said he planned to "restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent."

The Interior Department late last month announced efforts were underway to implement Trump’s renaming order, even though state leaders haven’t seen the matter as settled. An Interior spokesperson, J. Elizabeth Peace, earlier this week said the agency did not have any further updates.