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Trump Administration Actions: Geographical Naming

Excerpt:  “In President Trump’s second inaugural speech, he stated that his Administration would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and return the name of Denali in Alaska to Mount McKinley. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order (E.O.), ‘Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness’ to rename those bodies and to guide future policy regarding the federal process for establishing geographic names. Generally, the process for federal renaming of geographical features involves public petition to the U.S. Board on Geographical Names (BGN) for consideration on an individual basis. However, under previous Administrations, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) has issued secretarial orders (S.O.s) to change the name of geographic features for federal use, including for Denali in 2017 (S.O. 3337). “

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