Google Maps announced it will soon make changes reflecting President Donald Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley.
The recently renamed topographical features will be reflected once the Department of the Interior updates the Geographic Names Information System, Google announced in a series of posts shared on its @NewsFromGoogle X account on Monday (January 27).
"We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," Google wrote.
Google said it will "update Google maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America" once the GNIS makes the change in order to follow its practice regarding official names of places that vary between two countries.
Google Maps users will "see their official local name" based on location, meaning users outside of the U.S. will likely still see the two topographical features as the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali.
"Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too," Google wrote.
Trump made the changes during his first day in office on January 20. Mount McKinley reverted back to its former official name, which honored then-Republican presidential candidate William McKinley, before later being changed by then-President Barack Obama in 2015.
Trump has referred to McKinley, who served during the Spanish-American War, as an inspiration for his tariff policies and expansion plans.
“President McKinley is honored for giving his life for our great Nation and dutifully recognized for his historic legacy of protecting America’s interests and generating enormous wealth for our Nation,” the draft states, according to the New York Post.