Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

Google Maps updates the Gulf of Mexico’s name to Gulf of America for U.S. users, following a government directive.

The former Gulf of Mexico has officially been designated as the Gulf of America. Sort of. Anyone in the United States using Google Maps will see the large body of water west of Florida as the ...

With Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Bing Maps now displaying “Gulf of America”, this issue is far from resolved. The global backlash against the name change may lead to diplomatic disputes, and some ...