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Apple Maps Follows Google Renaming Gulf Of Mexico To Gulf Of America After Donald Trump’s Executive Order


Apple Maps is now displaying the name Gulf of America for the oceanic basin known as the Gulf of Mexico.

Apple’s name change of the Gulf of Mexico follows Google and Donald Trump ‘s executive order mandating the switch. The Associated Press announced in January that it would maintain the name the Gulf of Mexico in its Stylebook, noting that “Trump’s order only carries authority within the United States. Mexico, as well as other countries and international bodies, do not have to recognize the name change.” The AP will switch to referring to Denali as Mount McKinley.

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