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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Denali, North America's tallest mountain, stripped of its indigenous name by President Trump
The peak was known as Mount McKinley until 2015, when President Obama changed it in recognition of its 10,000 year old ...
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What’s in a Name? Mount McKinley and Gulf of America, Explained
Gulf of Where? In the same name-swapping order, designed to take effect by mid-February, Trump declared that the Gulf of ...
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Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley
A view of what was then called Denali on Sept. 1, 2015, in Denali National Park, Alaska. | Lance King/Getty Images Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Trump ally who praised another order by the ...
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Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Mount Denali as part of first-day executive orders
Donald Trump ordered the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president Monday night. The Gulf of Mexico was rechristened the Gulf of America ...
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Trump wants Alaska's Denali to revert to 'Mt. McKinley': Name drama explained
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest ...
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Trump plans to rename Gulf of Mexico, Denali — but can he?
Denali will return to Mount McKinley — President ... Drilling Rig In The Gulf Of Mexico During Sunset. (Photo By Getty Images) It would not be a unilateral decision and other countries would ...