cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Tekpé Gulch (Valley), Baker County, Oregon (44.7974597, -117.1791947)
Description: 2.5 mi. long; partially on Bureau of Land Management land; heads 2 mi. NNW of Richland, 6.2 mi SW of Pine; Secs 11&2, T9S, R45E & Sec 35, T8S, R45E, Willamette Meridian
History: The name is of Umatilla origin and means “draw water”. The Nez Perce variant name also means “draw water”.
Snider Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.2530534, -160.4214732)
Description: in Baird Mts., flows SE 2 mi. to Klery Creek 12 mi. NE of its junction with Squirrel River, 20 mi. N of Kiana, Brooks Range
History: Name used by prospectors; reported in 1910 by P. S. Smith (in Brooks and others, 1911, pl. 13), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Savoonga (Populated Place), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.6941667, -170.4788889)
Description: On Savoonga Point in the central part of the N coast of Saint Lawrence Island, 39 mi. SE of Gambell.
History: This is a relatively new Eskimo village with a population of 139 in 1930; 209 in 1939; and 249 in 1950. A 1965 census shows a population of 397. The Savoonga post office was established in 1934.
Link Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.5522222, -135.8975)
Description: in Beardslee Islands in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National  Monument, 4 mi. NE of Strawberry Island and 56 mi. NW of Juneau, St Elias Mts.
History: So named by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1939 because two islands shown  on previous charts are now linked together near the center by a narrow  grass=covered isthmus.
Spasski Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.1325, -135.2711111)
Description: in Icy Strait, 2 mi. NE of Neck Point on Chichagof I. and 33 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.
History: Named "Spasskaia Island" in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), on Hydrographic Chart 225 after the bay (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,  1883, p. 193). The spelling was modified by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to conform with the anglicized pronunciation. See Spasski Bay.
City of Easthampton Town (Civil), Hampshire County, Massachusetts (42.2651375, -72.6720522)
Description: Located 12 mi NW of Springfield.
History: Settled 1664, incorporated as a village on June 17, 1785; reincorporated as a town in 1809. So named because of its relationship to the parent towns of Northampton on the north, and Southampton on the south (MA-T1/p17). On April 1, 1996, the community voted to adopt a city form of government and to amend the Home Rule Charter so that the 'Town of Easthampton' became known as the 'City of Easthampton'.
Bar Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.4383333, -152.0747222)
Description: flows SW along E and S sides of Gunsight Mtn. to John River, 5 mi. N of confluence of Allen and John Rivers and 52 mi. W of Wiseman, Brooks Range. 6 miles long.
History: Local descriptive name obtained in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Salamander Creek (Stream), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.3755556, -132.1766667)
Description: Heads in a small unnamed lake, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) NNE of Thoms Lake, flows W 1.6 km (1 mi) then N and NE to join Eastern Passage, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) SW of Channel Island.
Sumdum Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.7044444, -133.46)
Description: in Endicott Arm, 8 mi. SE of Harbor I., and 54 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name published as "Soundon" in 1869 by U.S.  Navy Hydrographic Office; the island was called "Sumdum Island" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 168). Locally, it was known as "Fox Island" because of a fox ranch there.
Myrtle Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.5238889, -148.5566667)
Description: flows SW to Livengood Creek, 0.3 mi. W of Livengood, Yukon=Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors; reported in 1915 by Brooks, (Brooks and other, 1916, pl. 9), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Startup Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.9038889, -147.2977778)
Description: Flows SSE to Tahneta lake, 98 mi NE of Anchorge, Cooper River Basin.
History: Local name reported in 1956 to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by George Belanger. Named for Startup, an abandoned supply camp for the Albert Creek placers.
Barren Ridge (Ridge), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (62.2074369, -153.5025317)
Description: In the Terra Cotta Mountains, 3.7 km (2.3 mi) W of the South Fork Kuskokwim River, 4.5 km (2.8 mi) E of the Post River and 37 km (23 mi) S of Farewell.
Red Mountain (Summit), Costilla County, Colorado (37.1122702, -105.1810648)
Description: Located in the Culebra Range, 1 miles south of Culebra Peak, and 15 miles southeast of San Luis. 
History: Rojo Espinozo is the Spanish translation of the name Red Mountain. The name Rojo Espinozo was submitted by the Colorado Mountain Club on 15 July 1971; on 11 January 1972, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) rejected this proposal, and decided that the Red Mountain be made an Official Standard Name.
Egil Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.2494444, -145.4091667)
Description: surrounded by an oxbow lake of Birch Creek, 23 mi. SW of Fort  Yukon, Yukon Flats.
History: Local name reported in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Rimrock Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.8427778, -149.6308333)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, flows SE to Resurrection Creek, 5.5 mi. S of  Hope, Chugach Mts.
History: Local prospectors' name; reported in 1904 by Moffit (1906,  pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Howard County (Civil), Howard County, Nebraska (41.2200386, -98.5170946)
Description: Howard County is located in the east-central portion of Nebraska and is  bounded by Greeley County on the north, Merrick County on the east, Hall County on the south and Sherman County on the west.  Saint Paul is the County Seat.
History: Howard County was named in honor of General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), a Union officer during the Civil War and Commander during the Indian Wars.  Orgainized and delineated by an act of the Nebraska Legislature on 1 March 1871, and further organized on 28 March 1871.  (NE-T801/p104)
Akwe River (Stream), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.2827778, -139.0494444)
Description: In Tongass National Forest, heading in Akwe Lake at the foot of Chamberlain Glacier and flowing SW, Then SE, to its junction with the Ustay River and then flowing NW behind the beach bar until it reaches the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean 30 mi SE of Yakutat Bay, Malaspina Coastal Plain Pass, Talkeetna Mts. 20 miles long.
History: Tlingit Indian name first reported in 1849 by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkof, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), governor of Russian America (1852, map 7) as Reka Akve or Akve River and since recorded with various spellings. Evidently, the name was applied originally to the whole drainage system between the Italio River and the Alsek delta area but has been restricted in its application since 1901.
Island Number 3, 6, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20 (Island), North Slope County, Alaska (70.2097128, -146.2569263)
Description: One of seven barrier islands on Beaufort Sea Coast, northwest of Flaxman Island, Artic Plain; individual islands can no longer be positively identified.
History: One of seven islands which were given numbers in 1911 by Leffingwell (1919) to identify some of his surveying points.
Anderson Brook (Stream), Chester County, Pennsylvania (40.108375, -75.508394)
Description: 1.9 mi. long; in Schuylkill Township, heads 1.1 mi. NE of Diamond Rock Hill, flows NE then NW into Pickering Creek 1.5 mi. SSE of Phoenixville
History: Named for the Anderson family, an important local family among the first to settle in the area, specifically James Anderson (1690-?), Patrick Anderson (1719-1793), and Isaac Anderson (1760-1838).
Kasnyku Bay (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (57.2172222, -134.8494444)
Description: 9 mi. N of Baranof, on NE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Tlingit Indian name reported in 1895 by Lieutenant Commander E. K.  Moore, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8050.
Goswick Creek (Stream), Fulton County, Georgia (34.074775, -84.279439)
Description: approx. 0.8 mi. long; in the City of Alpharetta, heads 2.8 miles S of Lake Providence, flows E then ENE into an unnamed tributary of Big Creek
History: The name commemorates John Goswick (1839-1922), a member of the community, who served in Company I, 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry during the Civil War, and was clerk in the Milton County Superior Court.
Beare Glacier (Glacier), Yakutat County, Alaska (60.0399039, -141.6973537)
Description: heads on S. slope of Robinson Mts., trends SE to its 1951 terminus at head of Big River, 75 mi. WNW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 4 miles long.
History: Reported by A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1913 and published by G. C. Martin (1921, pl. 6), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The Falls (Falls), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.9294444, -141.8258333)
Description: on Seventymile River, 21 mi. NW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1911 by C. E.  Ellsworth (in Brooks and others, 1912, p. 232), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as "Seventymile River at the falls."
Tiskeet Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4446556, -157.4173185)
Description: in Koyukuk River flats, 26 mi. SW of Roundabout Mtn., Koyukuk  Low.
History: Koyukuk Indian name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1955.
Bear Cove (Bay), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.7258333, -151.0383333)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, extends E 1.8 mi. off Kachemak Bay, 18 mi. NE of Homer, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name; recorded on a 1912 field sheet by D. F. Higgins and R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ptarmigan (Populated Place), Chugach County, Alaska (61.1886111, -145.6216667)
Description: along Richardson Highway, at junction of Ptarmigan Creek and Tsina  River, 1 mi. E of Ptarmigan Drop and 22 mi. NE of Valdez, Chugach Mts.
History: This place originated as a roadhouse or station on the  Valdez winter trail.
Silvertip Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.7486111, -149.3602778)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, flows N to East Fork Sixmile Creek, 12 mi. SE of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.
History: Local prospectors' name; reported in 1904 by Moffit (1906,  pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tsisi Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.6947222, -147.9933333)
Description: flows NE to Kosina Creek, 6.5 mi. S of its junction with Susitna  River and 65 mi. SE of Cantwell, Talkeetna Mts
History: Indian name reported in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Leduc (historical) (Populated Place), Blaine County, Idaho (43.329072, -114.065868)
Description: In the S central part of the county 2 mi N of Picabo.
History: Established in Alturas County, 21 May 1886, with Peter LeDuc as postmaster. LeDuc remained postmaster until 1900, when the name was changed to Picabo and the site moved 2 mi S.
Wager Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.5947222, -158.5833333)
Description: Heads in DeLong Mts., flows NNE to Drenchwater Creek 3 mi upstream from its junction with the Kiligwa River, 18 mi. N of  Desperation Lake, Brooks Range
History: Named in 1951 by B. H. Kent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a camp incident.
Wewa Creek (Stream), Grant County, Oregon (44.616042, -119.376025)
Description: 6.3 mi. long; flows WNW then NNE along the W side of Sheep Ridge to enter Donaldson Creek, 25 mi. NW of John Day; Secs 17,19,20,30&31,T1S, R28E and Secs 6&5, T2S, R28E; Willamette Meridian
History: The name honors Northern Paiute Chief We-You-We-Wa ("Wewa")
Old John Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (68.0724526, -145.0455659)
Description: at head of Vanticlese Creek, 11 mi. SE of Arctic Village,  Brooks Range
History: Local name for "an old Indian who lived on the lake"; name  shown on a 1926 fieldsheet by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Union City (historical) (Populated Place), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.5833333, -151.9333333)
Description: site of prospectors' camp at junction of Koyukuk River and its South Fork, 20 mi. E of Allakaket, Kanuti Flats.
History: Name reported in 1899 by G. H. Wonson, Master of the steamer Dorothy, on his manuscript map of the Koyukuk River. One of several temporary camps established by prospectors caught on the river during the winter of 1898-99.
Alice Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8333333, -164.3166667)
Description: flows NW to Casadepaga River, 3 mi. NE of Casadepaga and 19 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 0.5 mile long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1907 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists (Smith, P.S., 1910, pl. 4).
Mount Root (Summit), Yakutat County, Alaska (58.9843727, -137.5019765)
Description: On the Alaska-Canada boundary, NW of Hoonah, 5 mi N of Mount Fairweather, St. Elias Mountains.
History: Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and published in 1908 on Chart 8000. The feature was named for Elihu Root, 1845-1937. Root was a member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and U.S. Secretary of War, 1899-1904, under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt; Secretary of State, 1905-09, under President Roosevelt; and U.S. Senator from New York 1909-15. He was also a member of the Hague Tribunal.
Kwik Stream (Stream), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.9075, -139.9738889)
Description: heads in Hayden Glacier, flows SE 5 mi. to Grand Wash, 7 mi. NW  of Blizhni Point and 25 mi. NW of Yakutat; St. Elias Mts.
History: native name given as "R(eka) Kvik," or "Kvik River," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). stream is called "Grand Wash."
Black Mountain (Summit), North Slope County, Alaska (68.5596289, -160.326535)
Description: In the De Long Mountains, 29 mi. NE of Misheguk Mountain, 8 mi S of Thunder Mountain, and 6 mi E of Nucleus Mountain, Brooks Range.
History: So named in 1965 by the B. P. Exploration Co., because of "the very dark appearance of the mountain."
Piledriver Cove (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.5413889, -134.1927778)
Description: on Kuiu I., on N shore of Tebenkof Bay, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1929 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for "a number of dolphins (buoys) placed in this cove as moorings for pile drivers."
Ptarmigan Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (59.6425, -153.9838889)
Description: on Alaska Peninsula, flows W to Meadow Lake, 28 mi. NW of Augustine I., Aleutian Range
History: Name originally reported as Ptarmigan Flat by W.E. Smith, Chief Engineer, Short Line Railway, but name was transferred by local usage to the stream and published by Martin and Katz (1912, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Yugnat Rocks (Bar), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.3469444, -154.0375)
Description: group, extends in Shelik of Strait, 1.5 mi. E of Kukak Point, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 34 mi. NE of Mount  Katmai, Aleutian Range
History: Native name reported in 1831 by Ensign Vasiliev and published in 1847 as "K(amen) Yugnat" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378.
Crystal Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.6358333, -152.8947222)
Description: flows NE to Skwentna River, 70 mi. NW of Tyonek, Alaska Range. 10 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1926 by S. R. Capps (in Smith and others, 1929, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Volcano Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (57.2027778, -157.2661111)
Description: flows W to Mother Goose Lake, on Alaska Peninsula, 23 mi. SE of Ugashik,
History: Descriptive name given in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),  because the river heads on the volcano, Mount Chiginagak.
Minnow Brook (Stream), Olmsted County, Minnesota (44.08641, -92.54723)
Description: 1.9 mi. long; heads in Kalmar Township, flows generally NE into holding ponds in Cascade Township, then into a canal 1.9 mi. SE of Douglas; Sec. 7, T107N, R14W and Secs. 12&13, T107N, R15W, Fifth Principal Meridian
History: Named after the many kinds of minnows that are found in the stream
Columbia Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.7308333, -164.9947222)
Description: flows NE to Washington Creek, which flows to Kougarok River, 50 mi. NE of Teller, Seward Peninsula High. 4 miles long.
History: Propsectors' name reported in 1906 by A. H. Brooks (in Collier and others, 1908, pl. 9), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Thluichohnjik Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.4172222, -144.2241667)
Description: flows E to Sheenjek River 24 mi. NE of Christian, Yukon flats.
History: Kutcha-kutchin Indian name obtained in 1956 by T. E.  Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Alsap Butte (Summit), Coconino County, Arizona (36.2501178, -111.9497805)
History: Name for John Taber Alsap (1832-1886), who settled near Phoenix in 1886 and served as a member of the first Territorial Legislature, as First Territorial Treasurer and as lawyer, County and District Attorney, Probate Judge of Maricopa County as well as 'father of Maricopa County' (US-T121).
Great Unknown Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.2686111, -145.4108333)
Description: flows S to Birch Creek, 11 mi. S of Mastodon Dome and 55 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 8 miles long.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1905 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Wolf Creek (Stream), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (62.2477778, -161.4036111)
Description: heads on Wolf Creek Mtn., flows S to Tom Gray Creek, 3.5 mi. NE  of its junction with Nageethluk River, 32 mi. N of Russian Mission, Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Local name obtained in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Burls Creek (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (60.1908333, -144.2952778)
Description: flows S to Controller Bay, 8 mi. E of Katalla, Malaspina Coastal Plain. 5 miles long.
History: Named by J. L. McPherson, deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyor, for H. T. Burls, the London petroleum expert; reported in 1903 by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Indian River Narrows (Channel), Indian River County, Florida (27.7058635, -80.3978289)
History:  In May 2001, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) approved the name Indian River Lagoon.  This feature encompasses the following 10 features:  Indian River Narrows, Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River, Great Pocket, Peck Lake, South Jupiter Narrows, Hobe Sound, Jupiter Sound, Indian River North, and Indian River.
Big Rose Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.4566667, -135.5438889)
Description: in Peril Strait, 0.4 mi. NE of Rapids Point, 29 mi. N of Sitka,  Alex. Arch.;
History: Named in 1884 by Commander J. B. Coghlan, U.S. Navy (USN), probably for  the U.S.S. Rose.
Query Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.7127778, -158.4455556)
Description: heads N of The Cockscomb, flows NNW to Kiligwa River, 11 mi. S of Liberator Lake, Brooks Range
History: So named in 1951 by I. J. Tailleur, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of the  "complex geology" around the stream.
Tuxekan (historical) (Populated Place), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.8883333, -133.2433333)
Description: At N entrance to Tuxekan Narrows, W coast of Prince of Wales I., , 25 mi N of Klawak, Alex. Arch.
History: Name of a former Tlingit Indian village published in 1895 as "Tuxeau" and in 1899 as "Tuxecan" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Hodge (1910, p. 858), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), says "Tuxican. An old Tlingit town belonging to the Henya * * *. Formerly it was the chief Henya town, but the Henya have now moved to Klawak."
Amee Bay (Bay), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.1916667, -153.2147222)
Description: extends SW off Sitkalidak Strait, on N coast of Sitkalidak I., SE of Kodiak I.; 2 miles long..
History: Named in early 1900's by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and published in the 1947 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 222).
Marshall County (Civil), Marshall County, South Dakota (45.7586708, -97.5985004)
Description: Located in northeastern South Dakota, 61 km (38 mi) northeast of Aberdeen; County Seat:  Britton.
History: Created and organized in 1885; named for New York native Marshall Vincent, who originally settled in Andover then moved to Britton in 1883 where he operated a flour and feed business. Mr Vincent later became County Commissioner when the county was created in 1885. (SD-T17/p29)
Monday Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.2347222, -152.8502778)
Description: flows S to Grant Creek 4.5 mi. NE of that stream's junction with  Yukon River, 23 mi. WNW of Tanana, Kokrines-Hodzana High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1956 by R. M. Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Whitney Pass (Gap), Inyo County, California (36.5557685, -118.2812013)
Description: In Sequoia National Park, on the Tuolumne County and Inyo County boundary, 0.64 km (0.4 mi) north-northwest of Mount McAdie and 2.9 km (1.8 mi) south-southeast of Mount Whitney. (US-T121)
History: Named for Josiah Dwight Whitney, (1819-1896), distinguished geologist. (US-T121)
Lake A B Schwartz (Lake), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.18745, -152.197472)
Description: on SE coast of Afognak I., on E shore of Izhut Bay 3 mi. W of  Edge Mountain and 24 mi. NE of Afognak Kodiak I.
History: Named published in 1965 by State of Alaska (Alaska State  Post Earthquake Fisheries Evaluations, Fig. 1).
Merrionette Park (Populated Place), Cook County, Illinois (41.6842004, -87.7003277)
Description: Located 1.6 km (1 mi) NW of the community of Blue Island, 8 km (5 mi) W of Lake Calumet.
History: A subdivision of Chicago, established in the early 1940's (incorporated in 1947) by J. E. Merrion, for whom the community was named.
Boston Mountains (Range), Johnson County, Arkansas (35.7123033, -93.3418464)
Description: Includes the highest elevation in the Ozark Mountain Range.
History: May have been named for the practice (as early as the 1850's) of calling a difficult undertaking "a Boston" - as crossing the mountains in the days of ox and mule-drawn wagons was a difficult task, or name may have been derived from the French words "bosse" (elevated surface) and "ton" (your).
Talus Bay (Bay), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.9986111, -149.1991667)
Description: on NE coast of Resurrection Peninsula, W side of Day Harbor, 12 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: So named in 1928 by a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party "because of the  talus formation in the vicinity." Talus is an accumulation of rock fragments  at the base of a mountain or cliff.
Andrew Slough (Gut), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.6769444, -132.1972222)
Description: anabranch of Stikine River, separates Andrew I. from mainland, flows SE 14 mi. NE of Wrangell, Coast Mts.; 4 miles long.
History: Local name recorded in 1953 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Cannery Passage (Channel), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.3125, -154.1708333)
Description: in Kukak Bay, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, between Aguligik I. and Kukak, 28 mi. E of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range. 1.3 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1955 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Caribou Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.2661111, -143.5047222)
Description: flows NE to Woodchopper Creek, 8 mi. SW of that stream's junction with Yukon River and 42 mi. SSE of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 5 miles long.
History: Local name; published in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Great Thatch Island (historical) (Island), Barnstable County, Massachusetts (41.7231644, -70.3147448)
Description: In Barnstable Harbor off Upper Cape Cod, 0.2 mi N of Phillis Island and 1.6 mi NW of Barnstable; Town of Barnstable.
History: As a result of shoreline surveys conducted by NOAA, this island was determined to have disappeared.
Kays Ledge (Bar), Knox County, Maine (44.2000791, -69.0536479)
Description: Located 1.6 km (1 mi) SE of the Town of Camden, on mainland opposite Curtis Island, between Dillingham Point and Ogier Point.
History: Named for Katherine "Kay" Aldridge Tucker (1918-1995) a longtime local resident who, along with her husband Richard, came to the rescue of two lobstermen who had grounded their vessel on this bar.