The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States ... with an average depth 5300 ft is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by ...

Following the lead of the Geographic Names Information System, Google has changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps ... energy, fishing and tourism as some of the reasons ...

The name wasn't meant to be a political statement, but a symbol of the local community's connection to the environment.