Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Thursday she requested Google to not flip the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America.
The tech large stated this week it is going to implement the brand new title mandated by the Trump administration, together with Denali’s reversion to Mount McKinley, as soon as the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Info System is up to date.
Ms. Sheinbaum contends that, underneath the United Nations Conference on the Regulation of the Sea that went into impact in 1994, a sovereign nation controls waters as much as solely 12 nautical miles from its shoreline. As such, she stated, the brand new title needs to be relevant to solely America’s zone extending from its coasts versus the entire of the present Gulf of Mexico.
Ms. Sheinbaum additionally stated the physique of water’s present title is registered with the Worldwide Hydrographic Group that each international locations belong to, and requested Google to implement a “Mexican America” designation to a lot of North America.
The designation of “America Mexicana” in Spanish was used for a 1607 map utilized by Dutch retailers and within the 1814 Structure of Apatzingan drafted throughout Mexico’s Battle of Independence from Spain, in keeping with NBC Information.
In a thread this week on X in regards to the title adjustments, Google stated customers will see the title most well-liked by their nation and that foreigners outdoors each international locations will see each names. For instance, a Japanese would see Sea of Japan to discuss with the physique of water between Japan, Russia and South Korea, whereas a South Korean would see East Sea.
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A twin title is already used for the Rio Grande, as a result of whereas that’s what People name the river, Mexicans name it the Rio Bravo. Each names are seen in Google Maps.
