A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

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

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali ...

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of ...

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

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.

Oklahoma public schools will be among the first to adopt President Trump's new names for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's ...

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.

While a name change for the Gulf of Mexico could be applied for federal references, other nations have no obligation to ...

President-elect Donald Trump said in his inaugural address that he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and the Denali peak in ...

President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order seeking to rename the Gulf of Mexico and change the name of North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, back to Mount McKinley.