convened a meeting of the Metropolitan Geographical Names Committee (MGNC) at the New Council Chambers in City Hall in East London last week. The purpose of the meeting was to advise the Metro Council ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico has left residents along the Gulf Coast sharply divided. Some say it awakens their pride in the U.S. while others suggest it ...

Johnny McDonald, who was visiting Florida from his home in Tennessee, sits on a park bench facing the open Gulf on Jan. 14 in Cedar Key, Fla. He doesn't think the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed.

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 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 ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accused Google on Monday of violating the country’s sovereignty, leaving open the ...

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 ...

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 ...