There’s no agreed-upon scheme to name boundaries and features shared by countries. And map lines are inherently political.

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest peak in the United ...

M ore than any other country, Donald Trump went after Mexico on his first day in office. He ordered its criminal gangs to be designated as foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), ...

President Trump’s territorial assertions sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world leader.

Britain will not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America despite Donald Trump’s order for it to be renamed, The ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday on his first day in office that would propel a change in the name of ...

Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it ...

Federal changes have to be made, but other countries and private companies can keep using "Gulf of Mexico." Here's why.

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management ...