The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

Alaska wasn't a state then and it would ... took steps to update the peak’s name in the federal Geographic Names Information System. Since the board’s decisions are binding only for the ...

Google also said Denali, a mountain in southern Alaska and North ... government updates those site listings in the Geographic Names Information System, an official database that includes ...

Alaska wasn't a state then and it would ... took steps to update the peak’s name in the federal Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Google confirmed Monday that it would update names ...

Alaska wasn't a state then and it would take decades ... The Interior Department on Friday took steps to update the peak’s name in the federal Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Google ...