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Re:The UN challenges five centuries of cartography by bigstrat2003 on Thursday September 10, 2026 @12:37AM (#49638457)
He doesn't even have the power to unilaterally declare what the US calls it. Names of geographic features are established by popular usage, not governments.
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Re:The UN challenges five centuries of cartography by inemesitaffia on Thursday September 10, 2026 @03:25AM (#49639696)
>established by popular usage, not governments.

This is straight up wrong.

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