Google said Monday its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.

One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous mountain as McKinley’s namesake.

Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, is expected to be confirmed to that role. It’s unclear whether the 6-million-acre Denali National Park and Preserve will also be renamed. It was renamed in 1980, 35 years before the mountain’s name ...

The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior.

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name

Denali National Park and Preserve, as per the order. The directive tasks the Secretary of the Interior, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum—Trump's nominee for the position—with ensuring that ...

The publication said the Gulf isn’t the only body of water that carries multiple names. The Gulf of California is called the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, and AP uses both. “The AP must ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable to all audiences,” she wrote.

Among the first executive orders set to be signed by President-elect Donald Trump will be an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

Google on Monday said its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.

Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior ... on new life Leavitt's tweet also signaled that Trump would rename Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America, back to Mount McKinley.

Doug Burgum has yet to be confirmed as the new leader of the Department of the Interior but a contentious Indian Country issue has already been dumped on his desk.

We examined Trump's first presidency and new appointments to understand how public lands and outdoor recreation will fare.