The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals ...

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's controversial executive order.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North ...

Senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill to formally change the name of North America's highest peak back to Denali ...

This comes after President Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day that ordered the name Mt. McKinley be reinstated and the Gulf of Mexico be renamed.

Alaska — Chris Noel is the mayor of Denali Borough and lives in the forested neighborhood of McKinley Village, which sometimes shows up as Denali Park on online maps. He’s very accustomed to ...

Google Maps has a history of changing place names and world borders for different users in different locations, especially during geopolitical disputes. Geographers say those changes, including the ...

Google stated that its policy is to update names on its maps when they have been officially changed by government sources.

Although there were challenges to the McKinley name at the time it was announced, maps had already ... administration to Denali. The name change reflected the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...