Google has stopped to Trump. End of the Gulf of Mexican. There is a new name

The Gulf of Mexican “disappeared” from Google maps. Part of the website users now see a new name as recommended by Donald Trump.

New name: Google Maps changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico in accordance with the executive regulation of US President Donald Trump. Website users in the United States already see a new name “American bay“Interestingly, the original name” Mexican Bay “still appears for users from Mexico, and the rest of the world now sees both names.

The new name of the Mexican Bay Graphics: Google Maps

What name to use in Poland? The Commission for Standardization of Geographical Names outside the Polish Republic reported in January that the change of one of the endonyms for the cross -border object It should not affect the traditional Polish name the whole bay. “This basin is formally considered by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) as the sea and its name used on the international arena (FR. Golfe du Mexique) was determined by this organization. Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexican in IHO would require all consistent countries lying on this aquare, and therefore also Mexico and Cuba – without the consent of these two countries in the international arena in English it will still be Gulf of Mexicoregardless of the decision taken in the United States, “we read in the communiqué.

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