The Interior Department of President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday said it has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.
Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise.
“As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North America’s highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley,” the Interior Department said in a statement.
Similarly, Alaska’s towering peak had been called Mount McKinley before, in honor of former U.S. President William McKinley, but was renamed Denali – meaning ‘tall’ in the Koyukon Indigenous language – in 1975 at the state’s request.
“These changes reaffirm the Nation’s commitment to preserving the extraordinary heritage of the United States and ensuring that future generations of Americans celebrate the legacy…
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