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Ok...
So the main difference here is Denali is fully contained within the borders of the country choosing to name it.
The Gulf of Mexico is International Waters, and the US doesn't even have the majority of shoreline... Which is why we have an international standards body to name international waters, so people don't get confused.
For example, an airline flight from Tampa to Cancun reports its flying over the Gulf of America to a Mexican air traffic controller... The controller has no idea what the hell he is talking about, because THE ENTIRE GLOBE calls it "Gulf of Mexico".
Is the country between France and Poland called, Deutschland, Allemagne, or Germany?
It's completely outside of the borders of the US but the name used for that country is completely different from then name people from that area would call it.
Which name is right? Which name should be displayed on the map? It depends on a few things.
Yeah that’s a great counterpoint if the entire world spoke Esperanto but languages still exist so