cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
MacLeod Harbor (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (59.8813889, -147.7627778)
Description: on NW coast of Montague Island, 8 mi. NE of Cape Cleare, 60 mi.  SE of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Named "Mcleods Harbour" in 1789 by Captain Nathaniel  Portlock (1789, p. 206-211), for William Mcleod, one of the mates of the  King George (Wagner, 1937, p. 468). Portlock was anchored here from April 24  to May 1, 1787.
Town of Longmeadow (Civil), Hampden County, Massachusetts (42.047558, -72.5719098)
Description: Located on the CT-MA boundary, 5 mi S of Springfield; Hampden County (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1644, incorporated as a town in 1783. So named because of its natural setting, a beautiful meadow extending along the Connecticut River (MA-T1/p27).
Salt Island (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.1752778, -174.6425)
Description: off Banner Bay, on N coast of Atka I.; Aleutian Islands.
History: translated from the Russian-French names "Soleniile" and  "Solenyile," or "Salt Island" published by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 310) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Sixmile Pass (Gap), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.0669444, -155.4905556)
Description: on road to Hogatza, 6 mi. NW of Hog Landing and 35 mi. W of  Hughes, Hogatza High.
History: Named by placer mine road builders about 1955; reported in  1956 by Orth.
Bryan County (Civil), Bryan County, Georgia (32.0132243, -81.4424722)
Description: Located in southeastern Georgia, 39 km (24 mi) east of Savannah; County Seat:  Pembroke.
History: Established on 19 December 1793 from Chatham County; named in honor of Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788), statesman and politician who along with General James Oglethorpe, helped to establish the Geogia Colony at Savannah.  (GA-T21/p27)
Mosquito Lagoon (Bay), Volusia County, Florida (28.8049807, -80.7684835)
Description: Extending southward from the Halifax River and separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow barrier reef, it is connected with the Indian River on the west through Haulover Canal.
History: Indian River Lagoon is a state legislated name in May 1951, Senate Bill No. 132.  In May 2001, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) approved the name Indian River Lagoon.  This feature encompasses the following 10 features:  Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River, Indian River Narrows, Great Pocket, Peck Lake, South Jupiter Narrows, Hobe Sound, Jupiter Sound, Indian River North, and Indian River.
Teresa Creek (Stream), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.7397222, -155.6208333)
Description: on E coast of Alaska Peninsula, flows SE to Puale Bay, 44 mi. NW  of Karluk, Aleutian Range
History: Local name obtained from J. L. McPherson of Iliamna in  1903 by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This stream was called "Terrace Creek" by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1923.
Takslesluk Lake (Lake), Bethel County, Alaska (61.0731654, -162.8729118)
Description: E of Puk Palik Lake, 25 mi. NE of Baird Inlet, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name obtained at Bethel by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1948. Local airplane pilots call it Long Lake, according to Orth in 1965.
Harris Dome (Summit), Nome County, Alaska (65.621568, -164.552554)
Description: on N side of North Fork Kougarok River, 11 mi. S of Midnight Mtn. and 38 mi. W of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Local name reported in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Serpentine Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.8305556, -144.4938889)
Description: flows SW to Lost Creek 0.3 mi. NNE of that stream's junction with Salcha River, and 62 mi. NE of Big Delta, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1958 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Lipsett Point (Cape), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.0269444, -152.7538889)
Description: at mouth of Afognak Bay, 1.5 mi. NE of Afognak, on S coast of  Afognak I., N of Kodiak I.
History: Local name reported in 1900 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser,  U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross. This point was called "M(ys) Lytnika" meaning "Summer Village Cape" by Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) in 1839 or 1840, and published by the Russian Hydrographic Depart. in 1849 on Chart 1425.
Salt River (Populated Place), Maricopa County, Arizona (33.4667115, -111.8640311)
History: Post office originally named 'Saltriver' for the stream adjacent to it.  Later, the name was given the two-word form and the post office discontinued in 1916(AZ-T101). adjacent to it.  Later, the name was given the two-word form and the post office discontinued in 1916(AZ-T101).
Mitchell Creek (Stream), Siskiyou County, California (41.7815202, -123.0722636)
Description: In the Marble Mountains, bound on the west by Mitchell Creek and on the east by Macks Creek, flows northeast to the Klamath River 0.8 km (0.5 mi) southeast of mile marker 140 and 0.96 km (0.6 mi) west of Hamburg.  (US-T121)
History: Named for James and Tom Mitchell who had placer claims at the mouth of the stream.  (US-T121)
Harbor Point (Cape), Sitka County, Alaska (57.1258333, -135.3858333)
Description: 5.5 mi. NW of Sitka, on NW coast of Baranof I.; Alex. Arch.
History: this is an 1883 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in  1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Mys Gavanskoy" (Harbor Cape).
Telemitz Island (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (54.3394444, -162.5236111)
Description: 2 mi. S of Sanak I., one of Sanak Is., Aleutian Range
History: Name reported by Ferdinand Westdahl, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), commander of the Coast Survey steamer McArthur, who made surveys in this area in 1901.
Cooper Lake (Reservoir), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.3962613, -149.7612239)
Description: Located on Kenai Peninsula, at the head of Cooper Creek, on the northeast side of Cooper Mountain, 22 miles northwest of Seward, Chugach Mountains. 6 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1898 by Mendenhall (1899, map 6), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Fortress Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.8369444, -147.655)
Description: In the Talkeetna Mountains, flows SE dividing Fortress Ridge, to Caribou Creek, 87 mi NE of Anchorage. 6.1 miles long.
History: Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1956; derived from Fortress Ridge through which the stream flows.
Marmot Valley (Valley), Juneau County, Alaska (58.2505421, -134.1906864)
Description: near head of Rhine Creek, 0.5 mi. SW of North Rhine Peak and 8 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1965 by D. A. Brew and A. B. Ford, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Named for the hoary marmot (Marmota caligata).
Beaver Mountains (Range), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.8788889, -156.9541667)
Description: in Kuskokwim Mts., extends NW-SE between Tolstoi Creek and Takotna River, 40 mi. W of McGrath, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.,
History: Prospectors' name obtained in 1913 by Eakin (1914, pl. 1),  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Riviera Beach (Populated Place), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (39.1667757, -76.5080177)
Description: Located near the mouth of the Patapsco River, 17.7 km (11 mi) southeast of downtown Baltimore.  (US-T121)
History: Named Riviera Beach by the Pumphrey brothers because the "property faces on the river, and it is in the river area."  The Pumphrey brothers bought the land in the 1920s and developed the Riviera Beach Development Company.  Originally the site was a summer resort, but a flood of World War II defense workers changed it into a year round community.  (US-T121)
John Island (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (54.9813889, -160.1869444)
Description: W of N part of Nagai I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range
History: Named in 1880 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)  on an 1888 coast chart.
Peters Glacier (Glacier), Denali County, Alaska (63.0874081, -151.0572974)
Description: heads at Peters Basin, trends NE and N to its terminus at the head of Muddy River, Alaska Range
History: Named by A. H. Brooks in 1902 for William John Peters, 1864-1942, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). topographer and explorer, who was in charge of USGS explorations in Alaska from 1898 to 1901. It was also called "Hanna Glacier" for Marcus Alonzo Hanna, U.S. senator of Ohio, "friend and political warwick of President McKinley, for whom Mount McKinley was named."
Youngberg (Populated Place), Pinal County, Arizona (33.4589367, -111.4873546)
History: Goldfield was already established when George U Young, born on 10 February 1867 in Indiana, arrived in 1893, but possibly was not formally named at the time.  It is unknown exactly when the name Goldfield was first used; the name was likely chosen as a descriptive name because of the nearby gold mines.  Soon after Mr. Young's arrival, this community also became known as Youngsberg (with an "s").  The Goldfield Post Office was established in October 1893, and discontinued in November 1898.  By late 1897 with the gold mines apparently played out, the community became a ghost town. Several years passed before a small community evolved on the site of the old ghost town.  It was named Youngberg (without the "s"), in honor of Mr Young who had served as the Secretary for the Arizona Territory from 1909 to 1910.  The Youngberg Post Office was established in March 1920 discontinued in October 1926.  This site is now home to the Goldfield Ghost Town tourist destination.
Imiaknikpak Lake (Lake), North Slope County, Alaska (68.4787798, -154.053528)
Description: in Killik River valley, 17 mi. NE of Kurupa Lake, Brooks Range
History: Eskimo name meaning "big dry lake," obtained in 1956 at Anaktuvuk Pass by Orth. A 1924 field sheet by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), shows  "Scotty Lake," probably for George "Scotty" Clark, one of expedition's  packers.
Walling Gulch (Valley), Nome County, Alaska (64.5752136, -163.8187434)
Description: trends S to Norton Sound, between Silverbow and Eldorado Creeks, 18 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula Highlands.
History: Prospectors' name shown on Arthur Gibson's "Map of Cape Nome Precinct" dated 1904. This feature cannot be precisely located on current maps.
Rabbit Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8983333, -164.715)
Description: flows NE to Iron Creek, 0.2 mi. N of junction of Canyon and Dome  Creeks and 25 mi. NW of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported on a map of Cape Nome gold fields by David Fox, Jr., dated 1901. Fox called this stream and applied  this name to a tributary north of this stream and "Pajara."
East Middle River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.5769444, -149.1377778)
Description: Extends from the Teklanika River 5 mi SW of Nenana to the Tanana River, 1 mi NW of Nenana, Tanana Low. 10 miles long.
History: Local name originally published in 1916 on a General Land Office (GLO) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) survey plat as East Fork Middle River.
Sawmill Cove (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (57.0466667, -135.225)
Description: at mouth of Sawmill Creek, 4 mi. E of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by  U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot. So named because "in this vicinity a  saw-mill was erected by missionaries to supply material for building  purposes." It was also called "Ham Cove" by Sheldon Jackson for J. M. Ham who contributed funds for the erection of the sawmill in 1882.
Estill County (Civil), Estill County, Kentucky (37.6924815, -83.9643302)
Description: Located in central Kentucky, about 64 km (40 mi) southeast of Lexington; County Seat:  Irvine.
History: Established in 1808, named for Captain James Estill who was killed in the Battle of Little Mountain on 22 March 1782.  (KY-T1/p95)
Porpoise Harbor (Bay), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.2191667, -160.0166667)
Description: Incomplete record. On NW coast of Nagai I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range
History: Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1871 for the small schooner Porpoise  which wintered here before that date.
Mount Wynne (Summit), Fresno County, California (36.9380113, -118.4029183)
Description: In Kings Canyon National Park, 0.64 km (0.4 mi) east of Pinchot Pass and 1.1 km (0.7 mi) south of Mount Pinchot. (US-T121)
History: Named for Edman Wynne, for three years Forest Supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest, who lost his life in an accident that was through the direct result of his official work. (US-T121)
Ptarmigan Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4386111, -145.5261111)
Description: flows SE joins Eagle Creek to form Birch Creek, 50 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors; reported in 1903 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (prindle,  1905, pl. 13).
Sawtooth City (historical) (Populated Place), Blaine County, Idaho (43.8965718, -114.840349)
Description: Located in sec 32,T7N,R14E, Boise Meridian
History: Located on Beaver Creek, this mining settlement grew out of additional discoveries N of Vienna mine. Sawtooth mine, discovered 2 July 1878, marked the beginning of mining in this area at the head of Salmon River; a boisterous camp, 1880-86.
Napakiak (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.6966667, -161.9519444)
Description: On right bank of Kuskokwim River, 10 mi. SW of Bethel; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo village reported as "Napahaiagamute" by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service, in December 1878; the 1880 Census gave the village population as 98. The name was spelled "Napahayagamiut" in the 1890 Census, but J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), showed the name as "Napachiakachagamut" from information received in 1898 from J. H. Kilbuck, a Moravian missionary. The village population had increased to 139 in 1950 and the Napakiak post office was established in 1951 (Ricks, 1965, p. 44). Today, the village has a church, a school and about 12 dwellings. Napakiak was incorporated as a city on October 19, 1970.
Kelsall River (Stream), Haines County, Alaska (59.5313889, -136.0333333)
Description: Heads in glacier 5 mi. SE of Mount Kelsall in British Columbia, flows W and SE to Chilkat River, 10 mi upstream from the mouth of the Klekhini River, 3.4 mi. W of Klutshah Mtn. and 26 mi. NW to Skagway, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named by United States and Canada in 1916 for R. Kelsall, a member of the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Surveying Party in 1908. The Tlingit Indian name Jelchhini, meaning crow river, was published as Jelchitni by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map). The local name was reported as Bear Creek by C. W. Wright (1904, pl. 2 and p. 13), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name Kelsall River was published in 1923 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) Sheet 9 (1951 atlas).
Monarch Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.1769444, -148.3675)
Description: flows NE to North Fork Chandalar River, 9.5 mi. W of Caro, and 22 mi. S of Chandalar, Brooks Range
History: Prospectors' name obtained in 1909 by A. G. Maddren (in Brooks and others, 1910, pl. 7), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Pestchani Point (Cape), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.7822222, -152.8505556)
Description: on E shore of Kizhuyak Bay, on N coast of Kodiak Island.
History: Transliteration of the descriptive name "M[ys] Peschanyy," meaning "sandy cape," given to this point by Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425.
Killik River (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (69.0072222, -153.9097222)
Description: formed by April and Kakivilak Creeks at 680200N1543000W, flows N 105 mi. to Colville River, 52 mi. SW of Umiat; Arctic Slope.
History: this Eskimo name first appears about 1885 on a manuscript map drawn on wrapping paper by a Barrow Eskimo. reported in 1901 by W. J. Peters and F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Modern Eskimo pronounces the stream name "Kitlik," and the people who once lived in the stream's valley are called Kitlikmiut (Rausch, 1951, p. 150, 158).
Chris Lake (Lake), Sublette County, Wyoming (42.9006149, -109.5476632)
Description: Located along Macs Creek, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) northeast of Lovatt Lake, 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Horseshoe Lake; in Bridger Wilderness.
History: Named for Chris Berg, resident of the area in the 1940s, who led hunding and fishing parties into the area around the lake.  He also assisted in the construction of a forest trail to the lake.
Deadwood (Populated Place), Lawrence County, South Dakota (44.376651, -103.7296416)
History: Named from "Deadwood Gulch," which was named from the fact that the gulch was filled with dead timber when prospectors for gold first entered it. (SD-T83/P62) Founded in 1876 and named Miles City in honor of a General successful in the Indian Wars. (SD-T17/p58)
North Crillon Glacier (Glacier), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.6744474, -137.3119521)
Description: in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads on W slope of Fairweather Range, trends SW to its 1961 terminus on Crillon Inlet, 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Called "Crillon Glacier" by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1874 for Mount Crillon. At that time, Crillon Glacier was much more extensive and joined La Perouse Glacier near the latter's terminus. Since 1874 the Crillon Glacier has retreated, uncovering the valley now occupied by Crillon Lake. The glacier has dwindled to become two smaller glaciers; the one on the N, terminating in Crillon Inlet, is called North Crillon Glacier.
Bean Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (0, 0)
Description: flows NW to Candle Creek about 10 mi. SW of Candle and 33 mi.  NE of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1905, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This stream cannot be prescisely located on current maps.
Nipinnawasee (Census), Madera County, California (37.4041078, -119.7329352)
Description: 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Miami Mountain in the Sierra Nevada, 22.5 km (14 mi) southeast of Mariposa.  (US-T121)
History: Named about 1908 by Edgar B Landon who brought the name from Michigan, where, according to the Indians of his native district, it means "plenty of deer".  The name was accepted by the Post Office in 1915  (US-T121)
Keesin Peak (Summit), Nome County, Alaska (63.3375018, -170.2408107)
Description: A cinder cone 10.5 mi N of Siknik Cape and 11.4 mi SW of the mouth of Fossil River, in the south-central part of Saint Lawrence Island.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1930 by O. W. Geist, University of Alaska. Orth spelled the name "Kisin" in 1965.
Lowell Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.0991667, -149.4458333)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, heads between Marathon Mtn. and Bear Mtn.,  flows E to an aqueduct W of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name published by D. H. Sleem on his map of Central Alaska dated 1910. Probably named for Captain Lowell who, with his family,  were the first white settlers in the area, arriving there in 1884.
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (Valley), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (58.3967293, -155.3905237)
Description: Valley of the River Lethe, extends NW from Mount Mageik, on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 10 mi. W of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range
History: Discovered and named July 31, 1916 by Robert F. Griggs and Lucius G. Folsom, members of the National Geographic Society Katmai Expedition. Griggs wrote, "The whole valley as far as the eye could reach was full of hundreds, no thousands-literally, tens of thousands-of smokes curling up from its fissured floor." By 1950, the number of smokes had dwindled to fewer than 100. Most of the original smokes are now extinct and the valley is becoming a "valley of evolution," as hardy pioneer plants struggle to re-establish a floral mantle over nearly sterile ground.
Hon Branch (Stream), Scott County, Arkansas (34.9245434, -94.1849322)
Description: Heads in East Poteau Mountain, flows south-southwest to the Poteau River 1.5 km (0.9 mi) south of Hon.
History: A proposal to change the name Hon Branch to Bull Creek was submitted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in April 1982; the proposal was rejected by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) on 12 May 1983.
Big Delta (Populated Place), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.1525, -145.8422222)
Description: At the junction of Delta and Tanana Rivers, 73 miles southwest of Fairbanks.
History: Village established in 1904 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps as the Mccarthy (or Mccarty) Telegraph Station. The Washburn post office was  established here, or near here, and operated from 1905 to 1913. The Big Delta post office operated from 1925 to 1959, from which the village  received its present name. Its population was 155 in 1950.
Dome Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8966667, -164.7133333)
Description: formed by Telegram and Eldorado Creeks, flows NW, joins Canyon Creek to form Iron Creek, 25 mi. NW of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 2.3 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported on a map of Cape Nome gold fields by David Fox, Jr., dated 1901.
Ulakaia Hill (Summit), Aleutians West County, Alaska (56.5784878, -169.5674654)
Description: 2 mi. S of St. George, highest point on St. George I., in  Pribilof Islands.
History: Aleut name shown as "Ahlucheyak" and "Ahluckeyak" by  Elliott (1881, p. 18), meaning "rough back-bone"; as "Oolakaiya" by Joseph  Stanley-Brown in 1891; and as "Ul'akiya'" by Putnam (1903, p. 1016), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS),  meaning "high house" because "the old native houses had rounded roofs similar to the shape o f this hill." These three names appear to be different spellings of the same Aleut name.
Shulakpachak Peak (Summit), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.4316986, -155.9353874)
Description: in Schwatka Mts., 26 mi. W of Mount Igikpak, Brooks Range
History: Eskimo name recorded in Kobuk by Orth, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1956 and  reported to mean "like a big feather."
Cape Muzon (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (54.6677778, -132.6888889)
Description: SE tip of Dall I., Alex. Arch.
History: Baker (1906, p. 450) says "* * * It is highly probable that this is Cabo de Munoz or Munoz Goosens or Munoz Gorens of Don Jacinto Caamano, in 1792, and that (G.) Vancouver, in copying from Caamano, transposed two letters, making "Muzon." In this form it has come into general use and is well established * * *." In 1787 this point was called "Cape pitt" by Captain George Dixon, Royal Navy (RN), and "Cape Irving" by Captain William Douglas, RN. The native name was published in Russian as "M(ys) Kaygany (Muzon)," "Cape Kaygany (Muzon)," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 9).
Ontario Hot Springs (Spring), San Luis Obispo County, California (35.1805308, -120.7029516)
Description: Located along Gragg Canyon, 3.1 km (1.9 mi) east of the community of Avila Beach.
History: A proposal was submitted by the RMMC in August 1990 to change the name Ontario Hot Springs to Avila Hot Springs. On 10 September 1992, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) rejected the proposal in support of the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names, which disapproved the name because the change appeared to be for commercial reasons.
Karta Lake (Lake), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.5646284, -132.6347312)
Description: on Prince of Wales I. near head of Kasaan Bay, in course of  Karta River, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name reported in 1906 by Wright and Wright (1908, fig. 15), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name "Little Salmon" was published for this lake by G.  H. Canfield (in Brooks and others, 1916, p. 110), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Dead Island (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.3261111, -133.2988889)
Description: at mouth of Red Bay, on N coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. 0.1 mile long.
History: Named in 1886 by Lieutenant J. M. Helm, U.S. Navy (USN), for charting purposes; published in 1887 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 706.