Paragraph 2
The US Board on Geographic Names can use "Gulf of America" on
US maps. However, no
organization has the
to mandate the global
of name changes. Mexico's president has opposed the name
. She said the name "Gulf of Mexico" has existed for four
. She said the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that a country's
only extends 19 kilometres from its
. She joked that if there were to be name
, the United States should be called "Mexican America," as on a
from 1607.
