This news is not really surprising given that #GoogleMaps already serves government-compliant borders and labels depending from where you are visiting.
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24353450/google-maps-rename-gulf-of-mexico-america-mt-mckinley
I had this interpretation while reading the EO, but it seems that the “Gulf of America” name only applies to the area inside U.S. 
EEZ + continental shelf and not the whole gulf. This is the same interpretation that @maproomblog states here: https://www.maproomblog.com/2025/01/naming-the-gulf/
This is analogous to the “West Philippine Sea“ name that the #Philippines 
uses to refer to its vicinity within the South China Sea and not to the whole sea.
As an amateur cartographer/geographer, this executive order making “Gulf of America” an official name in the United States for the Gulf of Mexico makes my head hurt. 
Wouldn't it be nice to call the islands in the pink zone on this map, here labelled as "South East Asia Isl.", Skaianesia instead?
σκαιός / skaios is the ancient Greek for west. The name I propose suits the group of islands that lie to the west of the other three named groups.
I can understand why so many Irish use "these islands" rather than "the British Isles".
Perhaps the UK and Irish governments could agree on a new geographical designation.
My suggestion: Islands of the North Atlantic.
I'm sure some pedants would object that some of these islands are not really in the Atlantic, but I think we could live with that.
I'm also sure Jacob Rees Mogg, the Daily Mail, and GB News would denounce such a change. In my book, that's all the more reason to go ahead.
I can imagine a ceremony taking place to celebrate the new name taking place on the island of IONA...
#Toponyms #BritishIsles #TheseIslands #Iona #IslandsOfTheNorthAtlantic
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