The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.

The system's new description for the Gulf, an ocean basin that shares nearly equal lengths of shoreline with the U.S. and Mexico, reads: "The Gulf of America, formerly known as th

Maps from U.S.-based Google now show the Gulf of America in place of the Gulf of Mexico. The company renamed the feature when its official name changed in U.S. records.