A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America, the Interior Department announced Friday, while the name of North America’s highest peak, Alaska’s Denali, has been changed back to Mount ...