THE United States Geographic Board has published a “First Report on Foreign Geographical ... from that used by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use.

The committee that deals with names on U.S. soil meets monthly. The board is quite aware of the importance of a name, noting in its guiding principles, policies and procedures that the names of ...

Employees at the federal Board on Geographic Names have formally changed the name to the Gulf of America per one of President Donald Trump's first executive orders. The change doesn't affect what ...

The body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico has now been formally renamed in the Geographic Names Information System.

The U.S. Board on Geographic ... place names beyond U.S. borders. The members are appointed for two-year terms by the respective heads of the agencies they represent. The committee that deals ...