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LeftInTX

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7. There is already an agency that names bodies of international water: International Hydrographic Organization.
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 02:34 PM
Feb 2025

It is known as Gulf of Mexico by the IHO. Gulf of Mexico is the official name. https://iho.int/en/machc

The MACHC was originally established as the Caribbean Sea-Gulf of Mexico Hydrographic Commission (CGMHC) in Havana, Cuba, on 25-27 May 1994 on the occasion of its first meeting at the initiative of Cuba, The Netherlands, United States of America, Guyana and Mexico. Its first Chairman was Captain Juan Fung Riverón, President of the Cuban Hydrographic Institute. The original Commission expanded in 2002 to include the Pacific waters of Mexico, the Central American Members and Colombia and was renamed as MACHC. In 2005 the Commission further expanded to include the Western Atlantic waters and Brazil became a member. The principal Committee and Working Groups and priority activities of the Commission can be found here on the MACHC Initiative Website at: https://www.iho-machc.org/


https://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=4288

Names
Language Name Name source
English Gulf of Mexico (1953). Limits of oceans and seas. 3rd edition. IHO Special Publication, 23. International Hydrographic Organization (IHO): Monaco. 38 pp. (look up in IMIS)

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