Google Maps Agrees to Replace 'Gulf of Mexico' with 'Gulf of America' for United States Users

Mar. 15, 2025

Google Maps will soon change “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America,” the tech company revealed on Monday evening.

Trump’s left-field decision to focus on maps during his first day in office was met with criticism, both domestically and abroad.

Panama City Beach, Fla., sits along the Gulf of Mexico, which Donald Trump has begun calling the Gulf of America.Getty

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“Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name,” the post read. “Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.”

Mexican PresidentClaudia Sheinbaumpreviously assured her constituents that Mexico would pay no attention to Trump’s new guidance on what to call the gulf.

“He says that he will call it the ‘Gulf of America’ on its continental shelf. For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico,” Sheinbaum, 62, said on Tuesday, Jan. 21, per theAssociated Press.

Mount Denali will once again be known as Mount McKinley after an executive order from President Donald Trump.Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

As with the switch to Gulf of America, Google Maps will soon revert Mount Denali back to its former name, Mount McKinley.

The Alaskan mountain’s name has been the subject of controversy for decades, teetering between Denali, which pays tribute to the state’s Native population, and McKinley, which pays tribute to Ohio-born President William McKinley.

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In 2015, PresidentBarack Obama’s administration made the move to officially begin referring to the continent’s tallest mountain as Mount Denali. Now, Trump has ordered that it be once again titled Mount McKinley in the GNIS.

source: people.com