Google claims that if it needs to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps, it will follow the U.S. government’s lead.
The business stated on Monday that it will only alter its listings for the peak and body of water when the government updates them.
President Donald Trump called the water that borders Mexico, Cuba, and the southern United States the Gulf of America when he took office. Additionally, he mandated that Mount McKinley be restored as America’s tallest mountain peak.
As Google stated in a post on X, “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
According to the business, any changes made to the Geographic Names Information System—a database that contains more than a million geographic elements in the US—will be reflected on maps.
When that occurs, Google Maps in the United States will be promptly updated to display Mount McKinley and the Gulf of America, the company stated.
Alaska Natives choose to call the mountain Denali. It was renamed McKinley in 2015 by former President Barack Obama in honor of President William McKinley, who was named by a gold prospector in the late 19th century.
