And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

According to LDOE, the Freedom Framework for social studies standards references the Gulf in two areas -- fourth and fifth grade. These changes will be enacted in the 2025-2026 school year and schools ...

The companies say they follow the naming conventions from the US Geographic Names Information System. In tweets, the decades-old MapQuest joked that it had lost the ability to update itself when ...

While the US government can change the name of US geographical features in official domestic documents, and other countries could change their terminology, there is no obligation for the latter to ...

We began our search for clues in the Geographic Names Information System, a mother lode of almost 2.3 million officially designated streams, summits, seas and cemeteries. We used a lengthier list ...

In the U.S., the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has officially updated 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America.' As we announced two weeks ago and consistent with our longstanding ...

Other organizations such as the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, National Weather Service (NWS), National Hurricane Center (NHC) and U.S. Geographic Names Information System have ...

Louisiana is one of the first states to formally update social studies standards to reflect the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accused Google on Monday of violating the country’s sovereignty, leaving open the possibility of a lawsuit over the tech company labeling the Gulf of Mexico ...

The Geographic Names Information System, which is part of the United States Geological Survey, supplies the designated names used in Google Maps. The gulf name will appear differently for people ...

The search giant officially updated its maps and search engine Saturday reverting Denali back to its original name — Mount McKinley. President Trump ordered the renaming of Denali and the Gulf ...