In fact, there is precedent for a U.S. president renaming a geographical feature. In 2015, President Barack Obama used his executive powers through the Department of Interior to rename Mount ...

Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, ... President Barack Obama renamed Mt. McKinley in 2015 to Denali.

The body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico has now ... but that name wasn't used by federal officials until President Barack Obama aligned it in 2015. Trump called Obama's ...

Donald Trump will sign an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, ... and President Barack Obama renamed it at the federal level in 2015. Trump's action will revert to the pre-Obama name.

Trump also called for Alaska’s 20,000-foot mountain, Denali, to be reverted back to Mount McKinley, which was its name before former President Barack Obama had it changed in 2015.

Trump team announces renaming of Gulf of Mexico, Mt. Denali among Day 1 executive orders 03:56. ... In 2015, Mount McKinley was renamed by then-President Barack Obama to Denali, ...

Google will also change the name of Mount McKinley, the nation’s highest peak, from Denali. Former President Barack Obama renamed the Alaska landmark to Denali in 2015 as a nod to the region’s ...

The Alaskan government had long recognized the mountain as Mount Denali, the name used by Alaska Natives, and President Barack Obama renamed it at the federal level in 2015. Trump's action will ...

The peak was first named McKinley in 1896. Then-President Barack Obama changed the name to Denali to a local Native American name. It means "the High One" in Athabascan. William McKinley was a ...