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Search and tech giant Google said Monday 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 Maps app ... official U.S ...

since Mr. Trump's position gives him authority to alter geographical names of places inside the country. The Gulf of Mexico first appeared on a world map roughly 400 years ago, as Mexico's ...

Google Maps has caved to President Donald Trump's ... The change will be visible in the U.S. once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

(Jill Karnicki/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps. The company said ...