cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Kingokakthluk Lake (Lake), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (61.7421053, -165.1094836)
Description: at E end of Askinuk Mts., E of Kawialik Lake, 16 mi. SE of village of Scammon Bay; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name obtained at Hooper Bay by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1951.
Edmonson County (Civil), Edmonson County, Kentucky (37.2088402, -86.2386201)
Description: Located in west-central Kentucky, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Bowling Green; County Seat:  Brownsville.
History: Established in 1825, named for Captain John Edmonson (1764-1813) who was killed in the Battle of River Basin on 22 January 1813.  (KY-T1/p89)
Marys Creek (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (60.1925, -144.3547222)
Description: flows S 1.5 mi. to Puffy Slough, 6 mi. E of Katalla; Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History: local name reported in 1903 by G. C. Martin (1905, p. 12),  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Henrys Fork (Stream), Madison County, Idaho (43.7526883, -111.9577472)
Description: 127 mile long tributary of Snake River.
History: The name Henrys Fork was formerly applied from the south end of Henrys Lake to the Snake River. A Board on Geographic Names (BGN) 2001 decision modified this application, to apply the name Henrys Lake Outlet to the upper 16 km (10 mi) of the stream.
Eagle Creek (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.3127778, -134.4572222)
Description: on N part of Douglas I., flows NE to Gastineau Channel 2 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Local name first appears in mining records in 1884 and was published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1904. Auk Creek and Fall Creek were local names used by early miners (DeArmond, 1957, p. 16).
Elson Lagoon (Bay), North Slope County, Alaska (71.2696908, -156.0812815)
Description: Extends SE 2.5 mi from Point Barrow, between Plover Island and the mainland, Arctic Plain.
History: Named Elson's Bay by Captain Beechey (1831, p302), Royal Navy (RN), in September 1826 for Master Thomas Elson, Royal Navy (RN), of H.M.S. Blossom.  Elson was placed in charge of a party sent in an open boat to explore the coast from NE of Icy Cape to Point Barrow (Beechy, p 304-321). Cmdr. Maguire (Great Britain, 1854, map facing p. 186), Royal Navy (RN), shows the name Tasuk, which is the common Eskimo generic "Tasik" for an enclosed body of water.
Soonkakat (historical) (Populated Place), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.9166667, -154.6666667)
Description: on left bank of Yukon River S of Kokrines, 27 mi. NE of Ruby, Nowitna Low.
History: Former Indian village reported as "Sunkakat" by Dall (1877, p. 28),. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Caribou Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1775, -144.3322222)
Description: flows NW to South Fork Birch Creek, 18 mi NNE of West Point and 45 mi. SSW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 8 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1954 or 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Karl Lake (Lake), Lane County, Oregon (44.0727737, -122.1207736)
Description: The northrn-most and larger of two lakes at base of Lowder Mountain, 3.2 km (2 mi) W of French Mountain and 12.1 km (7.5 mi) SSE of the community of McKenzie Bridge.
History: Named for Karl W. Onthank (1890-1967), who worked for the presevation of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area.
The Bellows Pipe (Gap), Berkshire County, Massachusetts (42.6434155, -73.1489928)
Description: At the head of The Notch 2 mi NW of Adams; Town of Adams.
History: Named by the early settlers in the area because of the force of the wind sometimes encountered blowing up The Notch and through this narrow pass.  Pipe is the geological type locality for the Bellowspipe Limestone of Ordovician age.
Upper Castor River (Stream), Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (37.217089, -89.836063)
Description: The name Upper Castor River is for the more northerly, 111 km (69 mi) long section of the original Castor River. Historically, the name Castor River applied to a 230 km (142mi) long stream. However, in the early 20th century, the Little River Drainage District constructed the Castor River Diversion Channel, which bisected the Castor River, causing the northern section of the stream to be diverted into the diversion channel, and separating the southern portion from its original headwaters. In 2007, the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved a proposal to rename the two portions Upper Castor River and Lower Castor River.
History: Historically The Castor River name has been applied to a 230 km (142 mi) long stream since the early 19th century.  According to Robert Ramsay’s Missouri Place Name file (1934), Schoolcraft mentioned the Castor River as early as 1818; the name is of French origin and means “beaver.”
Little Southworth Creek (Stream), Lincoln County, Oregon (44.4126201, -123.9856719)
Description: Heads 4 km (2.5 mi) W of Westwood Village, flows N 2.4 km (1.5 mi) to join the Alsea River.
History: Named for Lewis Southworth (1830-1917), a freed slave who settled on property near the mouth of the stream in the 1880s.  Mr. Southworth, a native of Tennessee, moved to Oregon as a slave in 1851 but was able to buy his freedom 7 years later with money he earned mining and playing the fiddle at gold camps.  Later in his life, Mr. Southworth donated land near Waldport for the construction of a school; he also served as a school board chairman.
Divide Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (65.8097222, -163.5294444)
Description: Heads 9 mi NNW of Cloud Lake, flows SW to Cottonwood Creek 3.5 mi upstream from its confluence with the Goodhope River, 16 mi. NW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High. 5.6 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1901 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Collier, 1902, pl. 12).
Ingrichuak Hill (Summit), Kusilvak County, Alaska (62.1772177, -164.0945325)
Description: on left bank of Yukon River, 42 mi. SW of Kwiguk,  Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name meaning little mountain obtained in 1842-44 by  Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and recorded as Gora Ingychuak, or Ingychuak Mountain.
Houghs Neck (Cape), Norfolk County, Massachusetts (42.279266, -70.9550474)
Description: Between Quincy Bay and the Weymouth Fore River 3.2 mi SW of Hull; City of Quincy.
History: Named for Atherton Hough, original grantee (MGB 1932) or Allerton Hough one of the original settlers of Boston (Steel) at Mount Walliston (US-T121).
Haenke Island (Island), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.9697222, -139.5375)
Description: in Disenchantment Bay near head of Yakutat Bay and 30 mi. NE of  Yakutat; St. Elias Mts.
History: named in 1791 by Captain Alessandro Malaspina (Galiano, 1802, map 9) for Thaddeus Haenke, botanist and naturalist with Malaspina's  expedition.
Peacock Island (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.3355556, -132.3588889)
Description: near head of McKenzie Inlet, on Prince% of Wales I., S of Skowl  Arm Kasaan Bay, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name reported in 1905 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Crazy Notch (Gap), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (63.1011111, -146.6197222)
Description: On Denali Higheway, extending E-W through the ridge W of the Maclaren River and 4 mi S of the West Fork Maclaren Riverm 35 mi. NW of Paxson, Alaska Range.
History: Named in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists because "the geologic  history and relations of the notch are so unusual and inexplicable that the term 'Crazy Notch' was coined in the field."
Column Point (Cape), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.1205556, -136.4427778)
Description: on NW coast of Chichagof I., at mouth of Lisianski Inlet, 3.5  mi. SW of Point Lucan, 37 mi. W of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name given by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1880 "because this point, which is low and rocky, has several rock pinnacles or  columns near it." Some of the older charts show it mistakenly as Point Lucan.
Chamberlain Bay (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (60.8725, -147.1869444)
Description: on S coast of Glacier I., extends SW to Prince William Sound, 51 mi. ENE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 1.7 miles long.
History: Locally named for a miner; reported in 1908 by U. S. Grant (in Brooks and others, 1909, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Silver Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (65.3608333, -146.4738889)
Description: flows SE to Sourdough Creek, 10 mi. NW of Mount Ryan and 76 mi.  SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana Highh.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1954 or 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Kobuk River (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (66.9211111, -160.8133333)
Description: flows W to Hotham Inlet 25 mi. SE of Kotzebue.
History: Eskimo name meaning "big river" first transcribed by John Simpson in 1850 as "Kowuk." Explored by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1883-1886,  who wrote the name "Ku-buck," but proposed that it be called "Putnam" in  honor of Master Charles Flint Putnam, U.S. Navy (USN), officer of the Rodgers, who was  carried to sea on the ice and lost in 1880. Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), also explored the river in 1884 and 1885 and spelled the name "Koowak" on his map  and "Kowak" in his text. Ivan Petroff spelled the river name "Kooak" in 1880, and W. H. Dall spelled it "Kowk" in 1870. Lieutenant H. T. Allen, USA, obtained the Koyukan Indian name in 1885 which he spelled "Holooatna" and "Holoatna."
Franklin County (Civil), Franklin County, Nebraska (40.1763449, -98.9527962)
Description: Located in south central Nebraska along the boundary with Kansas, 64 km (40 mi) south of Kearney; County Seat:  Franklin.
History: Named for Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Statesman and philosopher.  Franklin County was first settled in 1870 and the Legislature formally approved the formation of the County on 9 March 1871.  Boundaries were defined on 16 February 1867.  (NE-T18/p60)
Lowell Glacier (Glacier), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.2050138, -149.7510138)
Description: On the Kenai Peninsula, heads in the Kenai Mountains at the N end of the Harding Icefield, trends N to the head of Placer Creek, 14 mi NW of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Name reported in 1915 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); probably named "for Mr. Lowell the first white settler on Seward."
Herrick (Populated Place), Gregory County, South Dakota (43.1149991, -99.1878754)
History: Named for Samuel Herrick (a nephew of ex-Governor Honorable Myron T Herrick of Cleveland, Ohio), who was instrumental in getting the Indian reservation opened to settlement. (SD-T83/p83)  Mr Herrick founded the town in 1904.  (SD-T17/p69)
Amiloyak Lake (Lake), North Slope County, Alaska (68.1081481, -152.8665792)
Description: in headwaters of Chandler River, 6 mi. SW of Chandler Lake and 28 mi. W of Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range; 1.7 miles long.
History: Eskimo name obtained at Anaktuvuk Pass in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Libby Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.2775, -136.7769444)
Description: at mouth og Graves Harbor, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 50  mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1901 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 212).
The Thumb of the Glove (Valley), Siskiyou County, California (41.7699948, -121.537082)
Description: At the southwest end of Semig Basin, 890 m (2920 ft) west of Hardin Butte. (US-T121)
History: Reportedly members of the Thomas Patrol were trapped in this dead end cove in an indian ambush in 1873. (US-T121)
Point Thatcher (Cape), Sitka County, Alaska (57.4125, -134.8391667)
Description: on NE coast of Catherine I., off NE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN). It was called "Shkaliakh" or "Schkaliakh" by the Tlingit Indians. It is "Point Coleman" on  the maps of Homfray, Cartographer of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1867, (USG&GS, 1883, p. 167).
Whitefish Lake (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.9333333, -155.025)
Description: At the W end of Whitefish Lake, 67 mi N of Nondalton and 76 mi SE of the village of Stony River, Lime Hills.
History: Local name reported in April 1966 by the postmaster at  Stony River. Recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps indicate only a cabin at this site.
Kaktovik (Populated Place), North Slope County, Alaska (70.1319444, -143.6238889)
Description: population 120, on coast of Beaufort Sea, on N coast of Barter I., Arctic Plain.
History: According to Leffingwell (1919, p. 93), this Eskimo name, which he spells "Kaktoavik," applies to Barter I. The village takes its name from the Eskimo name of the island.
Stockade Point (Cape), Juneau County, Alaska (58.0572222, -134.0216667)
Description: on E shore of Stephens Passage, at mouth of Taku Harbor, 2 mi. NW of Limestone Inlet and 22 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: So named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), because the  ruins of a blockhouse and stockade built by the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1840-41 were on the point. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 169).
La Spray Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.7355556, -165.1297222)
Description: Flows SE joins Myrtle Creek to form Flambeau River, 29 km (18 mi) NE  of Nome, Seward Peninsula.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1904 by T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),  Shown as "Babylon Cr." on the 1902 "Map of the Nome and Snake River Country"  by J. M. Davidson.
Wolverine Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.3805556, -144.2625)
Description: flows W to Tibbs Creek 6 mi. S of that stream's junction with Goodpaster River and 50 mi. ENE of Big Delta, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Local name published in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Devils Elbow (Bend), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.1346309, -156.2332033)
Description: on E bank of Kuskokwim River, 60 mi. SW of McGrath;  Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: local name obtained in 1945 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Charlotte Ridge (Ridge), Chugach County, Alaska (60.4154292, -144.1541044)
Description: 1 mi. E of Lake Charlotte and 2u mi. NE of Katalla, Chugach Mts. 1.5 miles long.
History: Local name used by prospectors, reported in 1905 by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Contact Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.8761111, -151.6833333)
Description: Flows NE to Canyon Creek, 5 mi W of the latters confluence with the Skwentna River, 7 mi. E of Dickason Mts. and 58 mi. NW ot Tyonek, Alaska Range. 7 miles long.
History: So named in 1962 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists because the contact between granite and coal-bearing rocks are well exposed along its banks.
Hillard Peak (Summit), Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska (64.952544, -141.0609705)
Description: 12 mi NNE of Eagle, Porcupine Plateau
History: Named by E. E. Brabb, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for John J. Hillard, well-known local resident, who died in 1962 after serving for 31 years as the customs agent in Eagle.
Beluga (Populated Place), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (61.1791667, -151.0236111)
Description: at Cottonwood Beach on NW shore of Cook Inlet, 8 mi. NE of Tyonek, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Name of a Tanaina Indian village reported at present site in 1958 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A map indicates a site with four or five buildings. A 1933 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map placed the village five miles NE of the present Beluga along the Beluga River. See Belgua River.
Inner Iliasik Island (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.0558333, -161.945)
Description: 7 mi. SW of Dolgoi I., in Pavlof Is., Aleutian Range. 3 miles long.
History: Native name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Iliaviki," and by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. as "O(strov) Iliazhek" on Chart 1379. "Inner Iliasik Island" was published in 1888 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF). This island along with Outer Iliasik Island comprise the Iliasik Islands.
Sunshine Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.1761111, -150.1255556)
Description: heads in largest of Sunshine Lakes, flows W to Susitna River,  10 mi. S of Talkeetna, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1906 by T. G. Gerdine and R.  H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Uganik Island (Island), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.8890689, -153.3669953)
Description: between Uganik and Vickoda Bays, on N coast of Kodiak I.
History: Native name reported in 1805 by Lisianski (1814, p. 169)  as "Oohanick Island." Baker (1906, p. 647) wrote a transliteration of the Russian "O(strov) Uganik," or "Uganik Island," published by Captain Tebenkov  (1852, map 23). The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) erroneously transliterated Captain Tebenkov's  spelling as "Uganuk" and U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) did the same in 1888.
McDonough Peak (Summit), Juneau County, Alaska (58.222798, -134.3590936)
Description: on S part of Douglas I., 5.2 mi. E of Point Hilder on Stephens Passage and 6 mi. S of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Named in 1893 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and published on Chart 8235.
Bocharov Island (Island), Chugach County, Alaska (60.3569444, -146.6222222)
Description: In Constantine Harbor off Hinchinbrook Island 1.1 km (0.7 mi) NW of Phipps Point and 53 km (33 mi) SW of Cordova.
History: Named for Dmitrii Ivanovich Bocharov who as co-commander with G.A. Izmaylov (Izailov) of the Russian vessel "THREE SAINTS", buried a metal plate inscribed "Russian Territory, No.8" on this island in 1788.
Muffin Arch (Arch), Wayne County, Utah (38.1610965, -109.9979064)
Description: In Canyonlands National Park, 1.3 km (0.8 mi) S of Lizard Rock, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) NE of Tibbett Arch.
History: 1994 Board on Geographic Names (BGN) changed application from 1973 BGN at 380932N1095920W
Moose Valley (Valley), Haines County, Alaska (59.4225844, -136.018048)
Description: between Klehini River and Mosquito Lake, 3 mi. NW of Wells, 25 mi. W of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.
History: Local name obtained by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field personnel and published on Federal maps since 1950.
Duck Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.3002778, -133.3438889)
Description: flows NE to W shore of Red Bay, on N coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. 2.5 miles long.
History: Named in 1886 by Lieutenant J. M. Helm, U.S. Navy (USN), for charting purposes; name published in 1887 on US@C&GS Chart 706.
False Lindenberg Head (Cape), Sitka County, Alaska (57.4680556, -135.0875)
Description: 2 mi. W of Todd, on S coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Local name probably from Alaska coast Pilots; published by  U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 187), Probably so named because of its similarity to Lindenberg Head 2 miles to the west.
Amawk Mountain (Summit), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (67.9327767, -150.3527484)
Description: 3 mi. NW of Apoon Mtn. and 37 mi. N of Wiseman, Brooks Range;
History: Named about 1930 by Marshall (1956, p. 156) who reported  "* * * judging by the wolf sign which was lying there. We named the peak  Amawk Mountain-Amawk meaning wolf in Eskimo".
Nelson Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.493678, -147.7021246)
Description: 2 mi. E of Long Lake and 12 mi. NW of Beaver, Yukon Flats.
History: Probably named by William Yanert who showed it on a 1916  manuscript map of the Yukon Flats (Stuck, 1917, map facing p. 122).
Park Plateau (Plain), Colfax County, New Mexico (37.0003015, -104.7508249)
Description: Dissected plateau extending south from the Cucharas River southwest of Walsenburg, Colorado, to the Cimarron River west of Cimarron, New Mexico, and extending 35 miles east from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to Raton Mesa; it does not include the Spanish Peaks; Incomplete record.
Situk River (Stream), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.4352778, -139.5466667)
Description: heads at Situk Lake, flows SW to Situk, 11 mi. SE of Yakutat,  Malaspina Coastal Plain
History: Tlingit Indian name reported as "R(eka) Sitak" or "Sitak  River" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). It was spelled "Situk" by E. J.  Glave in 1890, and "See-tuck" by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1901.
Knife Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (58.3730556, -155.3658333)
Description: on Alaska Peninsula, heads at central terminus of The Knife Creek Glaciers flows NW to River Lethe at Three Forks, in Katmai National Monument, 16 mi. NW of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range
History: Named in 1922 by R. F. Griggs, National Geographic  Society, after Knife Peak (now called Mount Griggs), which overlooks the  peak on the north.
Popof Glacier (Glacier), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.7426157, -132.2781191)
Description: trends SE to its 1953 terminus, 0.5 mi. SE of Mount Basargin,  19 mi. NE of Wrangell, Coast Mts.
History: Russian name given in 1863 by the surveying party of the  Rynda. Feature was called First (or Little) Glacier in 1877 by Joseph Hunter, Canadian engineer and surveyor. See Rynda Island.
Redwood Creek (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (60.1847222, -144.3869444)
Description: flows S to Redwood Bay, 4.5 mi. E of Katalla, Malaspina Coastal  Plain
History: Nmae derived from nearby Redwood Bay and reported in 1904 by G. C. Martin (1905, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Table Island (Island), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.1891667, -152.9194444)
Description: at NE entrance to Sitkalidak Strait, SE of Kodiak I.
History: Descriptive name given in 1928 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) , "because of the  table-like appearance of the island." Previously called "Entrance Island;"  the name was changed because of duplications.
Furnas County (Civil), Furnas County, Nebraska (40.1764659, -99.9122732)
Description: Located in south central Nebraska along the boundary with Kansas, 129 km (80 mi) southeast of North Platte; County Seat:  Beaver City.
History: Named for Robert W Furnas (1824-1905), Governor of Nebraska from 1873-1875.  Organized and approved by the Legislature on 27 February 1873.  (NE-T18/p62)
Shishmaref Inlet (Bay), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (66.2059381, -165.8769243)
Description: Extends southwest 17 miles from Sarichef Island, at the mouth of Serpentine River, Kotzebue-Kobuk Lowlands.
History: Named "Isehmareff Bay" in 1816, by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue, (1821, p. 204), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for Captain Lieutenant Glieb Semenovich Shishmarev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who accompanied him on his exploration.
Ilanik Lakes (Lake), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (59.0922222, -161.5713889)
Description: S of mouth of Goodnews River and W of Puyulik Creek, 2 mi. S of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Elkington Creek (Stream), Napa County, California (38.3872222, -122.4219444)
Description: Heads at The Cove, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) E of Mount Veeder, flows NE to enter the unnamed stream that flows through Wing Canyon 1 km (0.6 mi) upstream of Dry Creek.
History: Named for James E. Elkington (1829-1898), who homesteaded on property along the stream in 1874 and who operated a sawmill and summer resort there.
Camel Lake (Lake), Copper River County, Alaska (61.3464527, -143.0893773)
Description: 3.5 mi WNW of Threemile Lake, 5 mi. E of junction of Nizina and Chitna Rivers, 8 mi SW of McCarthy, Wrangell Mountains.
History: Named in 1965 by L. A. Yehle, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for publication and geologic description purposes.
Diver Bay (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.1669444, -133.2127778)
Description: Extends SE off Pacific Ocean, on NE coast of Dall Island, Alex. Arch. 2.5 miles long.
History: So named by Captain Patton, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1927 "because of its proximity to Diver Island."
Bay Creek (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.3872222, -134.6461111)
Description: flows SE to N end of Auke Bay, 0.4 mi. NE of Spaulding Point and 10 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. 0.5 mile long.
History: Local name published in 1962 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).