Google on Monday said its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.
One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous mountain as McKinley’s namesake.
The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior.
In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name
The park containing the mountain retains its current name, Denali National Park and Preserve, as per the order. The directive tasks the Secretary of the Interior, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum ...
Trump also called for Alaska's 20,000-foot mountain, Denali, to be reverted back to ... the change names on federal maps. He elected North Dakota's governor Doug Burgum for the position.
President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, and made the announcement in his inaugural address, also promising to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
Google said Monday its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.
The vote came a week after Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.
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The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests.