Google Maps Adopted ‘Gulf of America’ Name, and Now Mexico Has Some Suggestions

So that 12 miles can be the Gulf of America, she said, but nothing else.

Shes right about that.

(That same map called the body of water the Gulf of Mexico, by the way.)

Google Maps on a smartphone displaying the Gulf of Mexico

Google Maps on a smartphone displaying the Gulf of Mexico© Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

So who needs to agree to borders or naming conventions?

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