Google and Apple Maps still list Gulf of Mexico, not America, per Trump's order
However, Trump's order only applies to the U.S. government's official position. Though headquartered in the U.S., ...
US Coast Guard starts using ‘Gulf of America’
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after ...
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...
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On Alaska names and neighborhoods
A commentary author writes that she is learning about the naming traditions “Denali” and other Alaska Native names for ...
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Dangerous cold across the land
In late January 2025, meteorologists from the National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, are predicting “dangerously cold temperatures and wind chill values for much of the ...