US President Donald Trump has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the " Gulf of America" and designated February 9 as " Gulf of America Day" through an executive order. The order, titled "Restoring Names That Honour American Greatness" (Executive Order 14172), instructs the US Secretary of the Interior to formalise the name change within 30 ... Why is the Gulf of Mexico important? The distinctive geographic and biophysical characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem (GoM-LME) make it an important global reservoir of biodiversity and one of the most productive of the 66 LMEs in the world. About Gulf of Mexico : It borders the southeastern coast of North America. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba, and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán Channel, which runs between the Yucatán Peninsula and Cuba. It is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean and the world’s largest gulf . It is often referred to as the “Mediterranean of the Americas”. It was formed as a result of seafloor ... Knowledge nugget of the day: Gulf of Mexico US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sunday to rename the ‘ Gulf of Mexico ’ as the ‘ Gulf of America.’ What is the Gulf of Mexico and its significance? Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to learn about Greenland.
