The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3][4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...

THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON THE DELIMITATION OF THE CONTI-NENTAL SHELF IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES, AND THE TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERN-MENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERN-MENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES ON THE DELIMITA-TION OF THE MARITIME BOUNDARY IN ...

Jan 28, 2025 · The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. 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 Yucatan Channel.

Jan 23, 2025 · Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Jun 30, 2024 · The Gulf of Mexico meets the Caribbean Sea at the Yucatán Channel, which is a strait connecting the two bodies of water. The Yucatán Channel extends for 135 miles (217 km) between Cape Catoche, Mexico, and Cape San Antonio, Cuba.

4 days ago · The gulf borders some 1,700 miles of U.S. coastline spanning Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, as well as parts of Cuba and Mexico.

4 days ago · You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the size of Alaska.

Feb 11, 2021 · The Gulf of Mexico is connected to the Caribbean Sea via the Yucatán Channel (between Cuba and Mexico); and with the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida (between Cuba and US).

Jan 28, 2025 · Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.

May 23, 2018 · The Gulf of Mexico borders five of the 50 United States (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), and also Cuba and the eastern part of Mexico. Sometimes it is also called America's Sea.