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The Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America, and North America’s highest peak will again bear the name Mount McKinley.

While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.