While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the size of Alaska.

Just days later, the Gulf of America has become a real thing.

One of President Donald Trump's first courses of action when he was inaugurated last week was to sign executive orders changing the names of two major landforms in the Americas. Trump signed orders changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Denali's name to Mount McKinley.

President Donald Trump has the power to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but whether people will call it that is an open question.

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' and Mount Denali to 'Mount McKinley,' after federal approval. Here's what to know.

Google said on Monday that it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps once it is updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. Google Maps will also change the name of Denali in Alaska to “Mount McKinley.

Google said the changes align with its policy of following official US government geographic designations through the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and will come into effect once the GNIS is updated.

Mexico's president calls on Google to identify US as 'América Mexicana’ - President Claudia Sheinbaum attacks Google for caving into Trump’s meglomaniacal move to Trump the Gulf of Mexico into the Gul

One of the first things President Trump did after taking office was announce plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.