During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” something that he has mentioned previously. “America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest,

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.

The tech company said Monday it has a “longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his kennel and mushing ...

Google faced blowback on social media Monday after it announced it would comply with President Donald Trump ’s executive order and ― on its Google Maps service ― rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” and revert to referring to Alaska’s Denali as Mount McKinley.

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The process in each state is different.

“Denali” is the mountain’s preferred name for Alaska Natives. Former President Barack Obama ordered it changed in 2015 from its previous name “McKinley,” which was a tribute to President William McKinley, designated in the late 19th century by a gold prospector.

House Joint Resolution 4 by Maxine Dibert, a Fairbanks Democrat, is moot as worded since it urges “that action to rename the mountain not be taken.” The U.S. Department of Interior announced Friday the name change is now official and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names would begin making the change to federal documents and maps immediately.

Official is official Among the flurry of executive orders expelled from Donald J Trump following his inauguration as US President last week, one of the more impotent was "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.

The House resolution, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, says the name Denali is “deeply ingrained in the state’s culture and identity” and urges Trump to maintain Denali as the peak’s official name in federal databases.