The Gulf of America and Mount McKinley will soon appear on Google Maps to reflect President Trump’s decision to rename the two topographical features, the company announced Monday.
The navigation mainstay will make the changes as soon as the Department of the Interior updates the Geographic Names Information System, Google said.
“We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps,” the tech giant posted on X Monday evening. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
When the GNIS makes the change, Google will then move to “update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America.”
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Google Maps will make Trump’s changes to show Gulf of America and Mount McKinley
- by: Caitlin McCormack
- 2025-01-27
- Source:
NY Post
- 01/29/2025
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