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Cake day: June 26th, 2023

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  • The suit should be by an American cartography company over the proper US Board on Geographic Names’s official process not being followed for the name change.

    I’m actually submitting a name change to the board through the official process. But since the USGS added a bit to the process saying that resetablishing historical names isn’t a reason for a name change, I’m going to recommend it be changed to “The Gulf,” since it meets all criteria for a name change - most importantly that it be a name in common usage by locals. Lots of people refer to it as “The Gulf,” while “Gulf of America” isn’t in common usage.

    The most we can do outside of lawsuits is at least try to take the “America” part away.