cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Chapel Cove (Bay), Aleutians West County, Alaska (51.6416667, -176.8202778)
Description: Indenting the E side of the Bay of Waterfalls, SW coast of Adak Island, middle Aleutians. 0.7 mile wide.
History: Named by Lieutenant William Gibson, U.S. Navy (USN), Commander of the schooner Fenimore Cooper, during the North Pacific Exploring Expedition in 1855.
Takwaklanuk Slough (Stream), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (62.8027778, -164.0869444)
Description: in Yukon Delta, extends NE-SW between Kwikluak Pass and Naringolapak Slough, 15 mi. E of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name obtained in 1899 by G. R. Putna, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Astrolabe Peninsula (Cape), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.3638889, -136.8897222)
Description: between Astrolabe Bay and Dixon Harbor, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 56 mi. WNW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1929 for Astrolabe Point.
Reconnaissance Peak (Summit), Plumas County, California (39.8724114, -120.308725)
Description: Located in sec 4,T23N,R15E, Mount Diablo Meridian. 2.4 km (1.5 mi) southwest of the heads of Frenchman Cove, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) northeast of Table Rock, and 3.5 km (2.2 mi) west of Bald Rock. (US-T121)
Upper Girard Lake (Reservoir), Trumbull County, Ohio (41.1970589, -80.6935707)
Description: Located 4 km (2.5 mi) N of Girard, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) E of Niles, just NE of Lower Girard Lake.
History: Named in 1995 when purchased by the community of Girard from the Ohio Water Service.
Slope Point (Cape), Sitka County, Alaska (57.6025, -136.1355556)
Description: off W coast of Chichagof I., on S tip of island in Rough Channel, 45 mi. SW of Chichagof; Alex. Arch.
History: named in 1908 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published in 1909 on Chart 8280.
Ramp Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.5608333, -136.0866667)
Description: in Khaz Bay, 7 mi. S of Chichagof, on W coast of Chichaogof I.,  Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1908 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). This was an arbitrary name derived from the name assigned in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander E. K. Moore, U.S. Navy (USN), to a triangulation station on the island. The name was published in the 1908 Coast Pilot (p. 171).
North Fork George River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (62.0494444, -157.5797222)
Description: flows SE to George River, 12 mi. NE of its junction with Kuskokwim  River and 28 mi. NW of Sleetmute, Kilbuck=Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1915 by J. B. Mertie and G. L. Harrington, 1SGS.
Fickett Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.7375, -151.8191667)
Description: flows E and S 12 mi. to Howzerah Creek 3.5 mi. NW of its junction with Koyukuk River, 13 mi. SW of Bettles; Kanuti Flats.
History: in 1885, Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 101), USA, applied the name  "Fickett River" to what is now called the John River in honor of Private Frederick W. Fickett, U.S. Army Signal Corps, who was a member of Lieutenant Allen's small party. Lieutenant Allen's naming in this case, and in order to save  the historical name T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), transferred the name "Fickett" to  this stream in 1899.
Goldstream Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.9666667, -148.4333333)
Description: flows N joins Alabam Creek to form South Fork Hess Creek, 6 mi. NE of Livengood, Yukon-Tanana High. 6.5 miles long.
History: Named by prospectors; reported in 1915 by Brooks (Brooks and others, 1916, pl. 9), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kloochman Butte (Summit), Clark County, Washington (45.7716857, -122.2770218)
Description: Located 5.8 km (3.6 mi) south of the junction of Copper Creek and East Fork Lewis River, 4.6 km (2.9 mi) west-northwest of Silver Star Mountain.
History: "Kloochman" is a Nootka and Salish word meaning "woman".  Two proposals to change the name were submitted and considered by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN). The BGN rejected a proposal for the name Chinook Ridge in favor of Kloochman Butte.
Grace Harbor (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (54.9125, -132.9205556)
Description: extends ENE to Kaigani Strait, on E coast of Dall I., Alex. Arch. Yukon-Tanana High. 1 mile long.
History: Local name reported in 1907 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Flume Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.9958333, -147.5302778)
Description: flows SE to Pedro Creek, 12 mi. NE of Fairbanks, Yukon-Tanana High. 1.8 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1903 by T. G. Gerdine, (in Prindle, 1905, pl. 16), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kushneahin Lake (Lake), Petersburg Borough County, Alaska (56.5005542, -133.5206125)
Description: 6.5 mi. NE of Point Barrie, on S coast of Kupreanof I., Alex.  Arch.
History: Tlingit Indian name meaning "Kushnea River" reported in 1901 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN).
Paimiut Slough (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.9405556, -160.1441667)
Description: distributary of Innoko River, flows SW to Yukon River, SW of Great Paimiut I. and 21 mi. SW of Holy Cross, Innoko Low.
History: Named for the village; shown on Edwards' Track Chart of the Yukon, 1899, as "Pimute."
Dundas Bay (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.3575, -136.3461111)
Description: 6 miles long. In Glacier Bay National Monument, in Icy Strait, N of North Inian Pass, 35 mi. WNW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS, in 1879, probably for Dundas Point. Name was published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 188).
Wooly Head (Cliff), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.1122222, -160.1863889)
Description: on W coast of Nagai I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range
History: So named by fishermen prior to 1871 because of the violent  gusts of wind called "woolies" experienced there; published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on an 1882 coast chart. This term is considered to be derived from a Patagonian word for a "gust of "wind" or may be descriptive of the "whitefoam formed on  the water wind."
Cartago Creek (Stream), Inyo County, California (36.2985491, -118.0359167)
Description: Heads 0.8 km (0.5 mi) northeast of Higgins Lake and 1.3 km (0.8 mi) southeast of Gomez Meadow, flows northeast to the Los Angeles Aqueduct 2.6 km (1.6 mi) southwest of Cartago.  (US-T121)
Swede Point (Cape), Juneau County, Alaska (58.4372222, -133.9825)
Description: on N bank of Taku River, at its junction with Taku Inlet, 1.6 mi. E of terminus of Taku Glacier and 18 mi. NE of Juneau; Coast Mts.
History: name published in 1943 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Oneva Creek (Stream), Forest County, Wisconsin (45.40144, -88.60605)
Description: Approx. 5 mi long; heads in Wabeno Township in the Nicolet National Forest, 2.7 mi. SE of Range Line Lake, flows NE through Shiner Lake, then onto the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, then SE into a swamp E of Carter, where it turns NE to enter Torpee Creek 2.9 mi. SE of Soperton; Secs. 32,29-27, T34N, R15E, Fourth Principal Meridian
History: The name derives from that of the nearby historic settlement of Minertown-Oneva
Dennison Ridge (Ridge), Tulare County, California (36.3378607, -118.6820718)
Description: 4.5 miles long. In Sequoia National Park, the highest elevation at Dennsion Mountain, bound on the northeast by Kawah River and on the southwest by Tule River at Dennsion Peak; [northeast end] 362020N1184040E, [southwest end] 361700N1184530W. (US-T121)
Town of Hampden (Civil), Hampden County, Massachusetts (42.0638476, -72.4156446)
Description: Located on the CT-MA boundary, 10 mi SE of Springfield; Hampden County (US-T121).
History: Settled about 1741, incorporated as a town in 1878. Named in honor of John Hampden (1595-1643), English patriot (MA-T1/p22).
Belle Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.5677778, -158.1369444)
Description: flows SE to Iditarod River, 8.5 mi. NW of Flat, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name obtained in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
McKinley Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1294444, -150.3377778)
Description: flows to Rhode Island Creek 0.3 mi. N of that stream's junction with Omega Creek, 26 mi. S of Rampart, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1931 by J. B. Mertie, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Leopold Point (Summit), Pima County, Arizona (32.408959, -110.6973026)
Description: In the Santa Catalina Mountains, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) SE of Mount Bigelow, 0.6 km (0.4 mi) N of Barnum Rock, 2.4 km (1.5  mi) N of Willow Canyon.
History: Named for naturalist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948).
Tsyooktuihvun Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.363708, -146.2988439)
Description: 29 mi. W of Christian and 24 mi. N of Venetie; Brooks Range
History: Kutcha-kutchin Indian name obtained in 1956 by T. E.  Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Gull Island (Island), North Slope County, Alaska (70.3661111, -148.365)
Description: at mouth of Prudhoe Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 20 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 0.5 mile long.
History: Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 96), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), while he was mapping the coast with Samuel McIntyre in September, 1910.
Coblura (Cape), North Slope County, Alaska (71.3666667, -156.3666667)
Description: on N shore of Elson Lagoon, 0.8 mi. W of Plover Point, Arctic  Plain.
History: Eskimo name shown on an 1853 chart compiled by Thomas Hull, master, H.M.S Plover. The Plover wintered near the point of land in 1852 and 1853. The small point evidently does not exist today.
Mount Nagishlamina (Summit), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (61.3838889, -152.3847222)
Description: Located 12 km (7.4 mi) NW of Mount Spurr, and 3.2 km (2 mi) SE of Mount Torbert in the Tordrillo Mountains.
History: Named for the Nagishlamina River, located 16 km (10 mi) W of this summit into which its glacial waters flow.
Floral Pass (Gap), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.9761111, -139.9991667)
Description: in Floral Hills, extends E from Hayden Glacier to Lucia Glacier, 11 mi. NW of Blizhni Point and 31 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 2 miles long.
History: Named in 1890 by Russell (1891, p. 105), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name was derived from "Floral hills."
Fire Cove (Bay), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.6572959, -149.7753275)
Description: on SW coast of Harris Peninsula, 34 mi. SW of Seward and 1.8 mi. NW of Aligo Point, Chugach Mts. 1 mile long.
History: Named in 1908 by U. S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Rocky Point (Cape), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.6622222, -154.2322222)
Description: on W coast of Kodiak I., 10 mi. NE of Karluk.
History: Descriptive name reported in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross. Named "Makhnashka" by Cpat. Tebenkov (1852, map 23), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called "Kekurnyy," meaning "pillar," by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1849.
Figure Eight Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (57.3263889, -156.9802778)
Description: heads W on Lone Hill, flows NW through a lake to Dog Salmon River, on Alaska Peninsula, 22 mi. SE of Ugashik, Aleutian Range. 22 miles long.
History: Descriptive name given in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of "its sinuosities."
Middle Mountain (Summit), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.1308238, -154.4129528)
Description: 5.5 mi. W of McNeil Cove, 39 mi. SW of Augustine I., Aleutian  Range
History: Local name reported by K. F. Mather, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1923 (in  Brooks and others, 1925, pl. 3).
West Fork Trail Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1566667, -151.1455556)
Description: flows ESE to Trail Creek 1 mi. N of that stream's junction with Boulder Creek 27 mi. E of Tanana, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Local name reported in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Wallace Brook (Stream), Penobscot County, Maine (45.3489559, -67.971676)
Description: Heads 13.9 km (6.8 mi) ESE of Springfield, flows SW around the W side of Vinegar Hill, then SE to Shaw Lake, 37 km (23 mi) SSW of Danforth.
History: Named after the Wallace family which lived on property that the stream flows through.
Armeria Point (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.4525, 173.4425)
Description: on NW coast of Agattu I., 6 mi. NE of Gillon Point, Aleutian Islands.
History: This point was named for an early lighthouse tender, the  U.S.S. Armeria; proposed in 1938 by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
Drafts Branch (Stream), Lexington County, South Carolina (34.0155556, -81.17)
Description: Named for Jefferson Luther Drafts (1838-1904) and Pauline Buff Drafts (1840-1921), longtime owners of the land through which the stream flows.
History: Flows west into Twelvemile Creek 2.6 km (1.6 mi) south-southwest of its confluence with the Salada River.
Falkner Island (Island), South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut (41.211487, -72.6550944)
Description: Located 3 mi S of Guilford; has a lighthouse
History: Discovered and named in 1614 by Adrien Block; ownership disputed between NY and CT, settled to CT in 1880. Named by the discoverer, Captain Adrien Block, Valcken Eylandt (Falcon Island), of which the present appellation is a corruption.
Lake Amelia (Reservoir), Aiken County, South Carolina (33.6935477, -81.3040068)
Description: 14 acres; on Giddy Swamp Creek, 2.8 mi. S of Lucas Ponds, 4.5 mi. NE of Wagener.
History: Named for Amelia Elena Rawls (1944-1956), the sister of the individual who built the reservoir.
Pastoliak River (Stream), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (63.0408333, -163.2275)
Description: in Yukon Delta, flows NW 30 mi. to Pastol Bay, 48 mi. SW of St.  Michael; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: this is a diminutive form of the name "Pastolik" published  by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 4), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "R(eka) Pashtolyak."
Crow Glacier (Glacier), Anchorage County, Alaska (61.0484207, -149.1476945)
Description: 3.3 mi. SE of Moraine Pass, trends NE to its terminus 29 mi. SE of Anchorage, Chugach Mts. 1 mile long.
History: Local name reported in 1932 by W. G. Carson and C. F. Park, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kalhagu Cove (Bay), Haines County, Alaska (59.1108333, -135.3569444)
Description: On SW end of Chilkat Peninsula, 2.25 mi NW of Seduction Point, 24 mi. S of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name Khalkhagu, meaning "skunk cabbage beach," published by the International Boundary Commission (IBC) (1923, map 9).
West Longwell Ridge (Ridge), Clark County, Nevada (36.3598649, -114.5191286)
Description: Extends in a NE-SW direction, northwest of East Longwell Ridge, on the east end of the Muddy Mountains.
History: named in 1980 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Dr Chester Ray Longwell (1887-1975) who performed the initial geological studies of the Muddy Mountains 362120N1143100W (NE end), 361830N1143300W (SW end)
Kilback Pond (Lake), Coos County, New Hampshire (44.5383217, -71.368592)
Description: In the Pilot Range, 1.4 km (0.9 mi) SW of Rogers Ledge and 2.2 km (1.4 mi) W of Deer Ridge, 16.1 km (10 mi) NW of Berlin; Town of Kilkenny.
History: Named in 1979, a composite name derived from Kilkenny Backcountry Trail, which passes the pond.
Elliott Creek (Stream), Copper River County, Alaska (61.6491667, -144.2436111)
Description: Heads 1.6 mi. NE of Iron Mtn., flows WNW to Kotsina River, 3.2 mi. S of Hubbard Peak and 76 mi. NE of Valdez, Wrangell Mts. 10 miles long.
History: Prospected and named in 1899 by Messrs. Elliott and Hubbard from Copper Creek (Mendenhall, 1905, p. 98).
Irene Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.7938889, -165.0913889)
Description: flows SE to Bryan Creek which flows to Serpentine River, 8 mi. NE of Kougarok Mtn. and 34 mi. SE of Ear Tmn., Seward Peninsula High. 1 mile long.
History: Prospectors' name reported on the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson.
Webb Brook (Stream), Windham County, Vermont (43.1566417, -72.4576365)
History: Named for Joshua Webb (b. 1722), the first of the family to settle in the area. He moved to Rockingham in 1777, where he settled on meadows just north of Bellows Falls. The Webb family has been one of the leading families in the area since. (Hayes, L. S. 1907. History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont: Including the Villages of Bellows Falls, Saxtons River, Rockingham, Cambridgeport and Bartonsville, 1753-1907, with Family Genealogies)
Halibut Creek (Stream), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.1544444, -135.5233333)
Description: On N part of Chichagof Island, flowing ENE to Port Frederick, 4 mi NW of Hoonah, Alex. Arch. 4 miles long.
History: Local name published in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Snow Dome (Summit), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.9666627, -135.9069234)
Description: in Glacier Bay National Monument, 2.2 mi. SW of Mount Elder and  71 mi. NW of Juneau, St. Lias Mts.
History: Descriptive name given in 1888 by John Muir and published by H. F. Reid. (1892, pl. 14). Robert Marshall for his Eskimo hunting partner, Harry Snowden.
Town of Goshen (Civil), Hampshire County, Massachusetts (42.4424849, -72.8064463)
Description: Located in Berkshire Hills, 14 mi SW of Greenfield (US-121).
History: Settled in 1761, incorporated as a town in 1781. Inhabitants considered the area incorporated in Goshen the best part of the parent town of Chesterfield and selected the name of the old Hebrew town of Goshen, which is described in the Book of Genesis as the best part of Egypt (MA-T1/p20).
Hope Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (65.3952778, -146.2680556)
Description: flows E, joins Charity Creek to form Faith Creek, 70 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 7 miles long.
History: This stream was originally called Charity Creek by prospectors according to T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1903, (in Prindle, 1905, pl.13). The present name has come into use and is published on recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps.
Las Paredes (Ridge), Kings County, California (36.0196887, -120.052752)
Description: Located in secs 8 and 17,T22S,R18E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In the Kettleman Hills, east of North Dome, south of El Perno Hill, and northeast of La Cuna. (US-T121)
History: Descriptive name meaning "walls", referring to the precipitous southwest side. (US-T121)
Roundabout Mountain (Summit), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (65.5408331, -156.546918)
Description: 28 mi. SE of The Nogahabara Sand Dunes, Koyukuk Low.
History: So called by river-boat pilots as early as 1900, because  the circuitous Koyukuk River "approaches the mountain numerous times and  eventually goes around it." The Koyukuk Indian name is "Suskita," according to Lieutenant B. H. Camden, (Cantwell, 1904, p. 244), U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS).
Tlikakila River (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (60.3919444, -153.8102778)
Description: flows SW from its head at Summit Lake to Little Lake Clark, 45 mi. NE of Nondalton, Aleutian Range
History: Tanaina Indian name reported as "Tleekakeela" in 1902 by  W. h. Osgood, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
South Fork Fortymile River (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.2427778, -141.7541667)
Description: heads at junction of Mosquito and Dennison Forks, flows N to join North Fork to form Fortymile River, 42 mi. SW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors and reported i1896 by Spurr (1898, pl. 38), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This name was probably in use as early as 1886.
Flat Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.4541667, -158.0280556)
Description: flows N to Otter Creek, 0.6 mi. W of Flat and 59 mi. NE of Holy Cross, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 5 miles long.
History: Name shown on a 1910 manuscript map of "Iditarod Placer Fields."
Panda Ridge (Ridge), Curry County, Oregon (42.1512821, -124.1133472)
Description: Lies in a SW orientation from Snaketooth Butte, NW of Emily Creek, E and S of the Chetco River, 14.5 km (9 mi) NE of Brookings;  420912N1240619W [NE end], 420710N1241113W [SW end].
History: Named for the word "Panda" found on a nearby grave marker.
Little Salt Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.8069444, -150.0705556)
Description: in Ray Mts., flows ENE to Yukon River, 21 mi. N of Rampart and 73 mi. NE of Tanana, Kokrines-Hodzana High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1956 by Orth.
Dennis Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.153583, -153.4082881)
Description: drains SW into Dennis Creek, 40 mi. E of Medfra and 70 mi. NE of McGrath; Kuskokwim Low. 0.4 mile long.
History: local name reported in 1958 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kachemak Silo (Populated Place), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.8, -151.0583333)
Description: On the NW shore of Kachemak Bay, along the lower course of Fox Creek, 32 km (20 mi) E of Nikolaevsk and 32 km (20 mi) NE of Homer.
History: Settled in late 1970's by Russian immigrants from nearby Nikolaevsk, the name means "Kachemak Settlement".
Wildwood Creek (Stream), Pulaski County, Arkansas (34.79917, -92.53222)
Description: Heads 0.8 km (0.5 mi) west of Shady Grove, 17km (11 mi) west of the Arkansas State Capitol Building, flows west-northwest through Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts to enter the Little Maumelle River, 1.1 km (0.7 mi) north of the mouth of Fletcher Creek.
History: Named for Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, through wich the stream flows.
Bonanza Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.9627778, -147.2838889)
Description: In the Talkeetna Mountains, flowing generally WNW to head of Crooked Creek, 65 NE of Palmer, about 99 mi NE of Anchorage. 1.5 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Placer gold locations occur on the stream.
Fishhook Bay (Bay), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (56.0163889, -158.6616667)
Description: trends 1.5 mi. NE to Kuiukta Bay, 14 mi. SW of Ship Mtn., on S shore of Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Range
History: so named "because of the hook-shaped spit extending from  the southeast entrance to lagoon"; name reported in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tongue Rock (Island), Barnstable County, Massachusetts (41.7128869, -70.3094668)
Description: In Barnstable Harbor on Upper Cape Cod 0.2 mi NW of Salten Point; Town of Barnstable.
History: According to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) all rock names in harbor were removed from 1956 edition due to constant change of bars and harbor hydrography.
Sikanasankian (historical) (Populated Place), Juneau County, Alaska (58.2166667, -134.1833333)
Description: at mouth of Grindstone Creek, 10 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Former Tlingit Indian village name meaning "small-black-bear town," published in 1908 by J. R. Swanton (Hodge, 1910, p. 675), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE).
Customhouse Cove (Bay), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (55.0933333, -131.2272222)
Description: on NW coast of Mary I., off Felice Strait, Alex. Arch. 0.3 mile wide.
History: Local name published in 1893 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), a custom-house which existed here for some years moved to Ketchikan in 1900.
Adventuress Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8647222, -164.5772222)
Description: flows SW 0.7 mi. to Telegram Creek, between Oversight and Penny  Creeks, in Pilgrim River basin, 21 mi. N of Solomon; Seward Peninsula High.
History: prospectors' name reported in 1908 by P. S. Smith (in Brooks and others, 1909, pl. 10), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Sam Patch Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.3175, -141.0066667)
Description: flows SE to Fortymile River, 35 mi. S of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named in 1907 by International Boundary Commission (IBC) surveyors for Samuel Patch, 1807-29, a diving champion of his era. Called "Uncle Sam Creek" by prospectors;  reported in 1898 by E. C. Barnard, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). See Liberty Fork.
College Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (63.2313889, -145.4786111)
Description: heads at College Glacier terminus, flows SW to Gulkana River, 14 mi. N of Paxson, Alaska Range. 2 miles long.
History: Named between 1948 and 1955 by T. L. Pewe, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).