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Apple changes Lake Ontario name to 'Lake America' for US users of its Maps
- tencentshill 15d agoThis was after a phone call from Trump, unlike Google which complied in advance - I wonder if it was to Cook or Ternus?
- andsoitis 15d agoThis whole kerfuffle made me curious how common it is for a geographic object between two countries to be called by different names and it is surprisingly (at least to me) common!
- andsoitis 15d agoExamples include: Sea between Korean and Japan Gulf between Iran and Arabian Peninsula Islands controlled by Japan, claimed by China Islands controlled by South Korea, claimed by Japan Islands controlled by Russia, claimed by Japan River forming part of China-Russia border River forming part of China-North Korea border Moutain on China-North Korea border River through India and Bangladesh Body of water between Britain and France