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Feb 12, 2025
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international...
SummaryEncyclopædia Britannica will maintain the name 'Gulf of Mexico' for international consistency and historical precedent spanning 425+ years, while clarifying the distinction between international and domestic geographic naming authority. The publisher will update domestic U.S. geographic names like Alaska's mountain when officially changed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, as they did previously with Denali/Mount McKinley.5 tweets1 min read