cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Lemon Creek (Stream), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9866667, 177.4522222)
Description: flows NE to Bering Sea, center of kiska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: An Arbitrary name beginning with "L" to correspond to "L" grid used by the U.S. Army for tactical purposes during World War II; published on a 1943 Army map.
Pasco Pass (Gap), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.4694444, -150.3661111)
Description: between the valleys of Glacier River and Wiseman Creek, N of Glacier Pass, 7.5 mi. NW of Wiseman, Brooks Range
History: Prospectors' name reported by F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in  1899.
Verdi Peak (Summit), Sierra County, California (39.472374, -120.0396315)
Description: Located in sec 25,T19N,R17E, Mount Diablo Meridian. Highest elevation in the Verdi Range at 8444 feet, 1.6 km (1 mi) south of Ladybug Peak, bound on the east by the Truckee River and on the west by the Little Truckee River. (US-T121)
Muddy Creek Marsh (Swamp), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (38.8792808, -76.5538493)
Description: Trends SE from the junction of the North Fork Muddy Creek Marhs and the South Fork Muddy Creek Marsh, along the course of Muddy Creek to Kirkpatrick Marsh, 3.8 km (2.4 mi) W of Beverley Beach.  (US-T121)
Shiliak Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.0494444, -162.24)
Description: flows SW to Little Noatak Slough, 15 mi. NE of Kotzebue, Kotzebue- Kobuk Low.
History: Eskimo name meaning "store room" obtained at Kotzebue in  1956 by Orth. So called because a cabin used for storage was located here.
Gravina Islands (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.1666667, -131.5833333)
Description: between Clarence Strait and Revillagigedo Channel, include Annette, Duke, Gravina, and Mary Is., Alex. Arch.
History: Named Isle de Gravina, referring to present-day Gravina and Annette Islands, by Don Jacinto Caamano in 1792. The application of the name has since been extended. See Gravina Island.
Colorado Creek (Stream), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.4875, -168.3)
Description: flows NW to Bering Sea, 1.5 mi. NE of Aguliuk Point, on N coast of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands. 4 miles long.
History: Name published by Byers(1959, pl. 41), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Sedanka Pass (Channel), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.8516667, -166.0761111)
Description: between Sedanka and Egg Islands., Aleutian Islands.
History: Named for Sedanka Island by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1921. John J. Gilvert, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), commander of the Coast Survey steamer Pathfinder between 1900-01, called this feature "Egg Island Passage" for the island located on its east side.
The Lieutenants (Summit), Siskiyou County, California (41.8784233, -123.5935513)
Description: Two peaks, in the Siskiyou Mountains, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) south of Polar Bear Mountain, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) northeast of El Capitan and 20.8 km (13 mi) northwest of the village of Happy Camp.  (US-T121)
Kimbley Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.4430556, -156.0911111)
Description: heads on S slope of Cripple Creek Mts., flows SW 5.5 mi. to  Canyon Creek 2 mi. E of its confluence with South Fork Folger Creek, 25 mi. NE of Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: local name obtained from Joseph Ferris in 1954 by R. E. Isto, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Raft Creek (Stream), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.0583333, 177.5708333)
Description: flows N to channel between East and West Kiska Lakes, Kiska I.,  Aleutian Islands.
History: An arbitrary name beginning with "R" to correspond to "R" grid used by the U.S. Army for tactical purposes during World War II; published on a 1953 Army Map Service (AMS) map.
Murphy Cove (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.2719444, -136.7175)
Description: in Glacier Bay National Monument, on S side of Graves Harbor, 2  mi. E of Libby I. and 48 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1901 the Alaska Coast Pilot (&. 212).
Kisselen Bay (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.7166667, -166.5608333)
Description: part of Beaver Inler, on E coast of Unalaska I.; Aleutian Islands.
History: Aleut name reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN),  as "Z(aliv) Kisselen," or "Kisselen Bay," and by Father Veniaminov (1840, v.  1, p. 162) as "Kissyalyak." "Worsham Bay" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888.
Samla'logh-chuka' (Area), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (56.6097222, -169.7083333)
Description: on bluff line 1.2 mi. W of High Bluffs, on NW coast of Saint George I., in Pribilof Islands.; Pribilof Islands.
History: Aleut name reported by Putnam (1903, p. 1015), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as "Samla'logh-chuka" meaning "hollow where eggs are gathered * * * remarkable depression * * * natives let themselves down with ropes over the edge of  this bluff to gather birds' eggs."
Ilivit Mountains (Range), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (62.0358333, -160.9905556)
Description: extend NE from Mount Chiniklik, E of Kako Creek and Stuyahok River, 28 mi. SW of Holy Cross, Nulato Hills. 35 miles long.
History: Native name reported in 1842-44 by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and shown as "Gruppa G(ora) Ilivit" or "group (of) mountains Ilivit" on 1861 map by P. Tikhmeniev.
Kiwook Pass (Gap), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.5683333, -171.3066667)
Description: In the NW part of Saint Lawrence Island, between Olngooseenuk Mtn. and Taphook Mountain, 20 mi. SE of Gambell in the NW part of Saint Lawrence Island.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1932 by O. W. Geist, University of Alaska. The name was recorded at Gambell by Orth in 1965 as "Kiwaruk," meaning "growing river," the same name as that of the stream that heads in the pass and flows NW.
Deep Creek (Stream), Tooele County, Utah (40.3235456, -113.8341671)
Description: Heads in Deep Creek Vally at the junction of West Deep Creek and East Deep Creek, flows NE to dissipate in the Great Salt Lake Desert, at times of high water the stream may flow to Tank Wash 17.6 km (11 mi) NNE of Gold Hill.  (US-T121)
Lee Island (Island), San Juan County, Washington (48.4781261, -123.0685121)
Description: Approx. 0.5 acres; located at the mouth of False Bay, off the S shore of San Juan Island, 0.9 mi. SW of Kanaka Bay; Sec. 4, T34N, R3W and Sec. 33, T35N, R3W, Willamette Meridian
History: The name honors Emelia “Lee” Bave (1910-2008), author, painter, founder of the local Whale Museum, and active member of the local community
Rocky Cove (Bay), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.4483333, -153.7305556)
Description: Indenting the W shore of Kamishak Bay, S of Tignagvik Point, SW coast of Cook Inlet, Aleutian Range
History: Named in 1903 by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); published in 1912 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 8554.
Crooked Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.9172222, -141.6763889)
Description: flows SE to Seventymile River, 18 mi. NW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 6 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name obtained in 1898 E. C. Barnard, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); So named because of the many meanders near its mouth.
Esperanza Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (65.8088889, -163.8525)
Description: Heads 14 mi NNE of Lava Lake and 13 mi WNW of Cloud Lake; flows NW to the Goodhope River, 8 mi W of the mouth of Cottonwood Creek, 22 mi. NW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High. 8.5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1901 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Collier, 1902, pl. 12).
Wellesley Mountain (Summit), Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska (62.1746577, -141.2868717)
Description: between Snag Creek and Chisana River, 16 mi. SW of point where Alaska Highway crosses Alaska-Canada boundary; Alaska Range
History: named in 1898 by W. J. Peters and A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Wellesley College.
Heintzleman Ridge (Ridge), Juneau County, Alaska (58.4258884, -134.3578194)
Description: Trends NE-SW from Gastineau Channel to Nugget Mountain, 8 mi N of Juneau, Coast Mts. 7 miles long.
History: Named in 1966 by the State of Alaska for B. Frank Heintzleman (1888-1965), former Regional Forester and Governor of Alaska. Heintzleman, in a way, chose his own memorial by casually remarking that, if anything were ever named for him, he hoped it would be "that ridge."
Point Desconocida (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.6947222, -133.5302778)
Description: S tip of Heceta I.; Alex. Arch.
History: spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y  Quadra and Francisco Antoninio Maurelle as "Punta de la Desconocida," i.e.  "point of the unknown."
Machado Creek (Stream), Santa Clara County, California (37.091058, -121.663835)
Description: Heads 0.96 km (0.6 mi) west of Paradise Valley, flows southeast to Llagas Creek, 4.8 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Morgan Hill.  (US-T121)
History: Named for an early pioneer family whose desendents still live in the area.  (US-T121)
Town of Harvard (Civil), Worcester County, Massachusetts (42.5059012, -71.5852967)
Description: Located 12 mi SE of Fitchburg (US-T121).
History: It was settled in 1704 and incorporated as a town in 1732. Named in honor of John Harvard (1607-1638), minister in Charlestown who gave funds and his library toward the establishment of Harvard College, also named for him (MA-T1/p23).
Great Western Divide (Ridge), Tulare County, California (36.6432912, -118.4837419)
Description: 38 miles long. In the Sierra Nevada, trends in a north-south direction through the middle of Sequoia National Park which delimits the drainage of Kern River on the east and Kaweah River on the west; extends south from Cross Mountain, near 364415N1183010W, to a peak 3.2 km (2 mi) southeast of Angora Mountain, near 361435N1182640W. (US-T121)
Another River (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (61.1869444, -153.0105556)
Description: heads in lake, 1.7 mi. N of Merrill Pass, flows SE to Igitna River, 1 mi. NW of Kenibuna Lake and 63 mi. NW of Tyonek, Alaska Range; 13 miles long.
History: So named by S. R. Capps and R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1927, "because of the many new rivers discovered in this area."
Little Diomede Island (Island), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.7546553, -168.9243727)
Description: one of Diomede Is., in Bering Strait, 25 mi. NW of Cape Prince of Wales; Seward Peninsula High.
History: in the late 1800's this island was commonly known as  "Little Diomede," which was derived from the collective name of both islands  named in 1728 by Vitus Bering. (1831, p. 247) named it "Krusenstern," after the Russian Admiral (Adam Johann von) Krusenstern. Martin Sauer (1802, p. 258),  was "Imaglin"; Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 1), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), records the name as "Ingalyuk."
Zaimka Island (Island), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.73, -152.4666667)
Description: in mouth of Womens Bay, 5 mi. SW of Kodiak, Kodiak I. 0.4 mile long.
History: Local Russian name meaning "meadow" reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1940. Called "Os(trov) Utesistoy" meaning "Rocky Island" by Sarivhev (1826, map 16). Baker (1906, p. 187) translated this name as "Cliff Island" which U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) misapplied the to this island in 1910. This error was corrected in 1940 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). See Cliff Island.
Panton Coulee (Valley), Chouteau County, Montana (47.6165086, -110.1962855)
Description: Trends NW around the N end of Square Butte Bench to Flat Creek, 11.3 km (7 mi) N of the community of Square Butte.
History: Named for James R. Panton who homesteaded near the mouth of this watercourse on April 1, 1895.
Willow Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (65.8061111, -162.0791667)
Description: flows SE to Candle Creek, 9 mi. SW of Candle and 34 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).
Survey Point (Cape), Aleutians East County, Alaska (54.6380556, -164.8027778)
Description: 2 mi. NE of Raven Point, on shore of Cataract Cove, on W coast of Unimak I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Named in 1940, by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) presumably for the "Coast Survey."
McPherson County (Civil), McPherson County, Nebraska (41.5680956, -101.060417)
Description: Located in central Nebraska, 48 km (32 mi) north-northwest of North Platte; county seat: Tryon.
History: Named in honor of Civil War General James B McPherson (1828-1864).  McPherson County was organized under the direction of Governor John Miton Thayer in 1890 with boundaries established by an act of the  legislature on 31 March 1887.  (US-T131/1960/NE Placenames, p99)
North Woman Creek (Stream), Custer County, Montana (46.2819468, -105.7677747)
Description: 47 km (29 mi) long; flows W through land administered by the Bureau of Land Management to join the Tongue River 2.9 km (1.8 mi) SSE of its confluence with Mill Creek; T6N, Rgs48-50E, Principal Meridian
History: Named in honor of North Woman, a Cheyenne woman who was instrumental in leading her people back from Oklahoma
Four Corners (Populated Place), Shasta County, California (40.9984942, -121.631653)
Description: 1.3 km (0.8 mi) south of Lake Britton and 13.4 km (8.4 mi) north-northeast of Burney.  (US-T121)
History: Not to be confused with another Four Corners 6.9 km (4.3 mi) to the southeast.  (US-T121)
Peter Cleaver Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.5609297, -156.794555)
Description: 6 mi. N of junction of Louie Creek and Koyukuk River, and 5 mi. NW  of Roundabout Mtn., Koyukuk Low
History: Local name obtained at Huslia by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1954 or 1955.
Bonanza Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.4702778, -157.8463889)
Description: flows NW to Khotol River, 3 mi. NE of junction of Khotol River and Canoe Portage Creek, 20 mi. SE of Nulato, Koyukuk Low.; 28 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1935 by Frederica de Laguna, Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE).
Fairplay (Populated Place), Park County, Colorado (39.2247126, -106.0019618)
Description: Geographic center of Colorado, and center of South Park, a broad valley framed by the Mosquito and Park Mountain Ranges. (CO-T3/920426/T-3/"Center of CO Focus of Hist'al Trip)
History: This was originally a mining town founded to give "fair play" to latecoming prospectors. (CO-T3/031203/p25)
Yaghmelngak Mountain (Summit), Nome County, Alaska (63.5145214, -171.427548)
Description: One of the peaks of the Poovoot Range, 11.5 mi NE of Boxer Bay and 13 mi SE of Bngyat Point, in the W part of Saint Lawrence Island.
History: Eskimo name meaning "the lowest one," according to Orth in 1965. The name was reported in 1949 by Major H. B. Allen, U.S. Air Force (USAF).
Monture Creek (Stream), Powell County, Montana (47.1666064, -113.1606147)
Description: Heads 4 km (2.5 mi) west-southwest of Hahn Creek Pass, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) south-southwest of the head of Delaware Creek, then flows southeast, then south, then southwest to enter the Blackfoot River, 0.3 km (0.2 mi) upstream of Scotty Brown Bridge, 7.8 km (4.9 mi) W of Orlando.
History: A proposal to change the name Monture Creek to Seamans Creek was submitted in July 2000.  In April 2001, the proposed change was rejected by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN).
Big Jim Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.5275, -149.0572222)
Description: flows SWS to S lake of Twin Lakes, 15 mi. W of Chandalar, Brooks Range; 2.7 miles long.
History: Local name; reported in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Gwydyr Bay (Bay), North Slope County, Alaska (70.4497222, -148.9383333)
Description: between Back Point and Point Storkersen, on Beaufort Sea coast, 3 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 8 miles wide.
History: Named on August 17, 1826, by Franklin (1828, p. 166), who wrote, "we had * * * the gratification of being able to trace the land round Gwydyr Bay to its outer point (Point Back) * * *."
Dome Creek (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (58.7333333, -161.5666667)
Description: heads on Dome, flows E to North Fork Stag River, 22 mi. ENE of Cape Newenham, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 0.8 mile long.
History: Local name shown on a 1937 fieldsheet by J. B. Mertie, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Northeast Rocks (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.0952778, 177.6775)
Description: Elevation in Bering Sea on NE coast of Kiska I., 3 mi. E of Kiska  Volcano, Aleutian Islands.
History: Name shown on a 1943 Army Map Service (AMS) map; variant shown on a 1943 U.S. Air Force (USAF)  map.
South Mesa (Summit), Nye County, Nevada (37.2705058, -116.2008777)
Description: Elevations above 7200 feet, forming the S end of the Belted Range, just S of Summit Bench, about 5 miles north of Rainier Mesa and 2-1/2 miles S of Quartet Dome located in Nellis Air Force Range N end 371840N1161020W S end 371550N1161200W
Blaine Point (Cape), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.3886111, -162.6361111)
Description: N coast of Alaska Peninsula, SW end of Moffet Lagoon, on the N shore of Izembek Lagoon, 13 mi N of Fort Randall, Bristol Bay Low.
History: Named in 1888 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) for James Gillespie Blaine. In 1964 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) published "Strawberry Point", and misapplied the name "Blaine" to a  point 4 mi. to the southwest, on Chart 8860. See Blaine Bay.
Kah Sheets Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.5305556, -133.1402778)
Description: heads in Kah Sheets Lake, flows SE to Kah Sheets Bay, 21 mi. SW  of Petersburg, on S coast of Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Tlingit Indian name given "by the fisheries" and reported in 1897 by J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), as "Kah-Sheets Creek." See Kah Sheets Bay.
Crater Lake (Lake), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.3612055, -147.7967064)
Description: S of Black River, 23 mi. SW of junction of Oshetna and Susitna River, Talkeetna Mts. 2 miles long.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name is a misnomer. The lake is a glacial lake and is located in a glaciated valley.
Rabbit Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.4505556, -163.9102778)
Description: heads in Mulgrave Hills, flows SW 23 mi. to Chukchi Sea, 24 mi.  N of Cape Krusenstern; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
History: local name reported in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). is a translation of  the Eskimo name.
Escape Point (Cape), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (55.6522222, -131.7125)
Description: on W coast of Revillagigedo I., at S point of entrance to  Francis Cove and 2.7 mi. N of Indian Point; Alex. Arch.
History: named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "August 12, 1793, because of  his escape here from the Indians" (Wagner, 1937, p. 386); Captain Tebenkov(1852, map 9) published the name "Mys Izbavleniya," meaning "rescue cape."
Snipe Lake (Lake), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.7583322, -150.9757478)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, 3 mi. SE of mouth of Swanson River and 17 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range for Wilson's Snipe, or Jack Snipe, (Capella gallinago delicata), a  shore bird which breeds from northwestern Alaska south to northern  California.
Bartholomew Peak (Summit), Fresno County, California (37.2124872, -119.1231013)
Description: Located in Sierra National Forest, 2.3 mi. SE of Huntington Lake; Secs. 27&22, T8S, R26E, Mount Diablo Meridian
History: Named for Orland Bartholomew (1899-1957), adventurer and hydrographer.
Staniford Lakes (Lake), Madera County, California (37.5555162, -119.3591519)
Description: In the Ansel Adams Wilderness, 9.6 km (5.9 mi) south-southeast of Merced Peak. (US-T121)
History: Named for Dr. Kenneth J Staniford, (1889-?), former Fresno County physician. (US-T121)
Second Timber Creek (Stream), Dillingham (CA) County, Alaska (60.6013129, -156.5562501)
Description: flows SE to Nushagak River, 80 mi. SE of Sleetmute,  Kilbuck=Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1952 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Mageik Creek (Stream), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.1522222, -155.0191667)
Description: on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, heads near  Katmai Pass, flows SE to Katmai River, 7 mi. S of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range
History: Named in 1916 by R. E. Griggs, National Geographic  Society, probably after Mount Mageik.
Columbia Peak (Summit), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.0448743, -152.4289319)
Description: 5 mi. NW of junction of Happy and Skwentna Rivers, 77 mi. SW of Talkeetna, Alaska Range
History: Named in 1898 by W. S. Post and J. E. Spurr, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Johns Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.5547222, -149.5922222)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, flows W to Quartz Creek, 0.5 mi. NW of Jerome Lake and 23 mi. SSW of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
South Fork East Fork George River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.9907918, -157.4808341)
Description: flows NW to East Fork George River 4.3 mi. E of its junction with George River, 22 mi. NW of Sleetmute, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1914 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Boulder Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.3877778, -154.6702778)
Description: flows NW to Nixon Fork Takotna River, 19 mi. NE of Medfra, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1924 by J. S. Brown (in Smith, P.  S.,and others, 1926, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mount Cerberus (Summit), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (58.2455003, -155.201108)
Description: on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 8 mi. W of Mount  Katmai; Aleutian Range
History: named in 1917 by R. F. Griggs of the National Geographic  Society "descriptive of this mountain as being the (three-headed) watchdog  guarding Hades (Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes)."
Spectacle Island (Island), Knox County, Maine (44.0542482, -68.9055898)
Description: Located in the Penobscot Bay, 1400 ft W of Crane Island and 5.8 km (3.6 mi) WNW of the community of Vinalhaven; Town of Vinalhaven. (US-T121)
History: 1910 description was revised in 1985.
Lake Shelokum (Lake), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (55.9875306, -131.6481993)
Description: On Cleveland Peninsula, near the head of Bailey Bay, Behm Canal, Alex. Arch.
History: This is a Chinook word, meaning "looking-glass" or  "mirror"; spelled "Shelockham" by G. H. Canfield (in Brooks and others, 1916, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Pinnell Mountain (Summit), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (65.5105575, -145.6146488)
Description: Two and a half mi WSW of Porcupine Dome, on the divide between the headwater tributaries of Birch, Crooked, and Preacher Creeks,  32 mi W of Circle Hot Springs, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by Lieutenant Commander R. Darling, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Robert E. Pinnell of the Coast & Geodetic Survey, who was killed on July 17, 1952 while climbing on nearby Porcupine Dome (US-T121). The mountain was considered part of Porcupine Dome by Spurr (1898, p. 50), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mount Pomeroy (Summit), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.6570869, -153.3607349)
Description: on Iniskin Peninsula, 21 mi. N of Augustine I., Aleutian Range
History: Named for a local prospector Pomeroy, who joined another  prospector, named Griffen, and formed the Alaska Petroleum Co. in 1897. Name  published by G.C. Martin (1905, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kichatna River (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.0983333, -151.5033333)
Description: heads at Caldwell Glacier in Cathedral Spires of Kichatna Mts.,  622130N1524300W, flows SE 55 mi. to Yentna River, 47 mi. SW of Talkeetna; Alaska Range
History: Indian name for stream explored in 1899 by Lieutenant J. S.  Herron, USA; written by him as "Kee-chat-no," meaning "Kichat river."
Portage Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.5802778, -150.0394444)
Description: flows SW to Susitna River, 2.5 mi. SW of Curry and 18 mi. NE of  Talkeetna, Talkeetna Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1958 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).