On Tuesday, Apple Maps officially changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the change comes in the footsteps of Google Maps’ change on Monday.
Apple Maps now shows the Gulf of America as the name for the large body of water. Bloomberg reported the change would be rolled out to users in the U.S. first before being rolled out globally.
Apple did not immediately return USA TODAY’s request for comment Tuesday.
The Geographic Names Information System, which is under the U.S. Geological Survey, provides the names used in both Google Maps and Apple Maps.
In a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, Google said it would be complying with the name change as part of a long-standing practice of adhering to official government names. The move follows President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the body of water on his first day in office, and the federal Board on Geographic Names formally changed the name on Monday.
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“We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” Google said.
Not the only Trump-ordered name change
The formerly-named Gulf of Mexico will not be the only thing on the map that will change due to an executive order. Denali in Alaska will once again be named Mount McKinley.
The mountain’s name was first changed by former President Barack Obama in 2015.
“They took his name off Mount McKinley. He was a great president,” Trump said in a December speech, referring to President William McKinley, who served from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
Trump added that his administration will “bring back the name of Mount McKinley because I think he deserves it.”
Has Apple Maps changed Denali to Mount McKinley?
As of Tuesday afternoon, both Google Maps and Apple Maps still show Denali, but Google has said the change will be implemented “quickly” once the names system is updated.
Contributing: Reuters
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