cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Yukon Hill (Summit), Bethel County, Alaska (59.5720945, -161.6079625)
Description: 35 mi. N of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Named in 1914 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for its surveying vessel Yukon; published in 1915 on Chart 9103.
Cottonwood Creek (Stream), Alpine County, California (38.3824114, -119.825179)
Description: 1.5 miles long. Heads at the east end of The Dardanelles 4 km (2.4 mi) east-southeast of Dardanelles Cone, flows southeast to Clark Fork 11.3 km (7 mi) northeast of Donnell Lake. (US-T121)
Baranof Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (56.9513889, -134.9477778)
Description: between Alex. Arch. and Chatham Strait, extends SE from Peril  Strait to Christian Sound, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1805 by Captain U. F. Lisianski, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for Alexander  Andreievich Baranov, first Governor of the Russian American colonies. Baranov was in charge of building the first headquarters of the Russian American Company (then the Shelikov Company) at Kodiak (St. Paul) in 1792,  and moved it in 1799-1800 to Sitka (New Archangel).
Cape Suspiro (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.4597222, -133.1380556)
Description: on W coast of Prince of Wales I. 1 mi. S of Craig, Alex. Arch.
History: Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan Dela Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Cabo Suspiro," meaning "cape sigh (hissing of  the wind)."
Kadakina Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.2959095, -151.8973543)
Description: drains E to Kadakina Creek, 28 mi. SE of Allakaket, Kanuti Flats.
History: Koyukuk Indian name obtained in 1956 at Allakaket by T. E.  Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Howling Valley (Valley), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.9732767, -135.7935803)
Description: 2 mi. long, branch of Granite Canyon, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 5 mi. N of Adams Inlet and 69 mi. NW of Juneau, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named in 1899 by John Muir (in Burroughs and others, 1902, p. 38-39) of the Harriman Alaska Expedition. Burroughs wrote that a hunting party went out to stir up the bears and there was "little doubt that the genus loci of Howling Valley would soon change its tune."
Ophir Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (0, 0)
Description: flows NW to Cripple River, about 25 mi. NW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported on a precinct map of Seward  Peninsula by Monroe and Hutchins; corrected to June 1903 by Arthur Gibson.  This stream cannot be precisely located on current maps.
Cape Igvak (Cliff), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.4333333, -156.0166667)
Description: between Portage and Wide Bays, on SE of Alaska Peninsula, 53 mi. E  of Ugashik, Aleutian Range
History: Eskimo name published in 1835 by Admiral A. J. von Krusenstern, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "C(ap) Igvac" and as "C(ap) Igvack."
Doby Creek (Stream), Copper River County, Alaska (61.0544444, -142.4386111)
Description: flows N to Kiagna River, 4.5 mi SE of its junction with Chitina River and 30 mi. SE of McCarthy, St. Elias Mts. 0.3 mile long.
History: Name reported in 1915 by F. H. Moffit, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Slug Mountain (Summit), Bethel County, Alaska (58.6268871, -161.6579739)
Description: 6.5 mi. NE of Cape Peirce, and 22 mi. W of Hagemeister I., Kilbuck- Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Local name published in 1949 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) name probably derived  from the river at its foot.
Shevenak (historical) (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.2, -162.25)
Description: on left bank of Kuskokwim River, at or near Eek Point, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Former Eskimo village or camp reported in 1878-79 as "Shevenagamute" by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service. This spelling was shown on the 1880 Census map, but published "Shovenagamute," population 58, in Petroff's text (1884, p. 17). The 1890 Census lists "Shovenagamiut," population 62.
Nugget Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.9797222, -142.2616667)
Description: flows NE to Seventymile River, 35 mi. NW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana  High.
History: Prospectors name shown on a 1902 manuscript map by E. J.  Chamberlain, U.S. Deputy Surveyor.
Cape Cheerful (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (54.0108333, -166.6780556)
Description: on N coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Translation of a Russian name reported in 1817 Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Veselofski," probably from the name of the village located on this point. It was published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 15), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN),  as "m(ys) Veselovskiy," meaning "Cape Cheerful."
White Mountain (Summit), Custer County, Idaho (44.57488, -114.49579)
Description: In Salmon-Challis National Forest on the boundary of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, SW of Twin Creek Lakes, 4 mi. SW of White Valley Mountain; Secs 5&6, T14N, R17E and Secs 31&32, T15N, R 17E, Boise Meridian
History: Named for the bright white volcanic deposits on the north and west slopes of the mountain that can be seen from long distances.
Amawk Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.9486111, -150.5569444)
Description: flows W from Amawk Mtn. to North Fork Koyukuk River, 40 mi. NW of Wiseman, Brooks Range; 5 miles long.
History: Marshall (1956, p. 48) wrote "a * * *. stream * * * which I later named "Amawk Creek", meaning (in Eskimo) wolf creek".
Tamayariak River (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (70.0655556, -145.4927778)
Description: Heding in a lake at the W end of the Sadlerochit Mountains, flows in NNE to the main tributary of the Canning River, 2 mi. SW of its mouth on the Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1912 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 100), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), meaning "route where one can get lost".
Daniels Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (64.11, -148.5222222)
Description: flows NE to Totatlanika River, 36 mi. SE of Nenana, Alaska Range. 4 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1916 by G. C. Martink(Brooks and others, 1917, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Witherspoon Hills (Range), Caledonia County, Vermont (44.2764494, -72.1800961)
Description: 13 mi SW of St Johnsbury
History: Named for Dr John Witherspoon (1723-1794), Scottish-American Presbyterian clergyman, President of the College of NJ (now Princeton Univ), and signer of the Declaration of Independence, who once owned the land on which the hill are located.
Mount Haley (Summit), Copper River County, Alaska (61.4315708, -146.9558387)
Description: In the Chugach Mountains, 1 mi W of Flat Top Peak and 32 mi NW of Valdez.
History: Probably names about 1959 by L. E. Nielsen (1963, p. 135) for Hervert Haley, well known Alaskan bush pilot who was killed in a plane crash in December, 1955.
Point Steele (Cape), Chugach County, Alaska (60.3491667, -146.1966667)
Description: On the NE coast of Hinchinbrook Island, 20 mi SW of Cordova; Chugach Mountains.
History: Named in 1787 by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), while exploring the region (1789, map facing p. 1).  It was later called "Point Bentinck," for William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of Portland from 1762 (Wagner, 1937, p. 376) by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), during one of his many visits to the northwest American coast at the end of the 18thCentury.  Don Ignacia Artega who, with Don Juan de la Bodega y Quyadra on the Spanish vessels La Princes and La Favorita explored the region in 1779, named the point "Punta De Aguirre" on July 17, 1779, probably after the pilot of the La Favorita, Juan Bautista de Aguirre (Wagner, 1935, p.424).
Fawn Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (70.4122222, -148.7275)
Description: heads in lake, flows NW to Gwydyr Bay, 11 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 3.5 miles long.
History: Named "Fawn River by" P. W. Dease and Thomas Simpson, who recorded on August 8, 1837, "in the evening a little fawn came to the tents * * *; an incident that furnished a name for the streamlet" (in T. Simpson, 1843, p. 174).
Kimijooksuk Butte (Summit), Bethel County, Alaska (60.1864814, -166.1809802)
Description: 11 mi. NE of Roberts Mtn., 26 mi. N of Cape Mendenhall; Nunivak  I.
History: Eskimo name meaning "two hills with the same base," according to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1949.
Klutshah Mountain (Summit), Haines County, Alaska (59.5191619, -135.9386885)
Description: 3.4 mi. SE of junction of Kelsall River with Chilkat River, 22 mi.  NW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name given by E. C. Robertson, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and published in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ward Spring (Spring), Shasta County, California (40.7834356, -121.3409798)
Description: Located in sec 29,T34N,R6E, Mount Diablo Meridian. On Butte Creek Rim, 6.7 km (4.2 mi) southwest of Little Valley and 4.3 km (2.7 mi) southwest of Ladder Butte. (US-T121)
Wollaston (Populated Place), Norfolk County, Massachusetts (42.263988, -71.0217156)
Description: 1.5 mi NW of Quincy Center; City of Quincy.
History: Named in 1625 for a Captain Wollaston who landed at the mouth of Blacks Creek in Quincy (MGB 1932; Steel) in 1625. Quincy was first named "Mount Wollaston" for the captain who, however, left the area.
Cruz Islands (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.5588889, -133.3097222)
Description: group, extends 1.8 mi., in San Christoval Channel, off NE coast  of San Fernando I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named Isla de la Cruz or cross island about May 24, 1779, by Francisco Antonio Maurelle (Wagner, 1937, p. 383).
Big Rock (Bar), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.0186111, -152.6663889)
Description: in Marmot Bay, 3.7 mi. E of Afognak, Kodiak I.;
History: Translation of "K(amen) Bolshoy, "name given by Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev in 1839 or 1840, published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept.  Chart 1925.
Manchester (Populated Place), Delaware County, Iowa (42.484154, -91.4554252)
History: A Mr. Chesterman laid out the town and it is thought that the end of his name was cut off and placed at the beginning. More likely, the name was borrowed from Manchester, Vermont (IA-T6). The town was first known as Burlington but this name was discarded in 1856 because of its similarity to Burlington, another city in Iowa (IA-T3/p.451). Founded in 1854 and incorporated in 1864.
North Fork Bradfield River (Stream), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.2344444, -131.4583333)
Description: Heads W of Mount Pounder, at 562555N 1311645W, flows SW to join East Fork Bradfield River to form Bradfield River, 2 mi. E of head of Bradfield Canal, Coast Mts.
History: Named by 2BC and published in 1927 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) sheet 5.
Green Point (Cape), Haines County, Alaska (59.1866667, -135.4827778)
Description: at N entrance to Pyramid Harbor, in Chilkat Inlet, 1 mi. SW of Pyramid I. and 20 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named "M(ys) Zelenoi" meaning "green cape" by Captain Lindenberg in 1838 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1838. It was called Indian  Point in 1869 by Commander Meade, U.S. Navy. It is the Pyramid Point of Captain  Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), which name was given in 1880 and was published by US@C&GS in  the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 197).
Little Smelt Creek (Stream), Schoolcraft County, Michigan (45.93861, -86.28172)
Description: 0.23 mi. long; heads at an unnamed lake in Lake Superior State Forest in Thompson Township, 2.3 mi. SW of Manistique, flows NE then SE to enter Lake Michigan
History: Named for the stream’s valued smelt populations and historical local smelt fishing; Secs 23&22, T41N, R16W, Michigan Meridian
Grass River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.6080556, -144.8461111)
Description: N distributary of Little Black River, flows WNW to the Seventeenmile Slough of the Porcupine River, 12 mi NE of Fork Yukon, Yukon Flats. 41 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1952 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Media Spring (Spring), Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.2322647, -106.4416905)
Description: Located at the head of Canon* Media (q.v.), 1.4 km (0.9 mi) ESE of North Sandia Peak (q.v.), 2.6 km (1.6 mi) NNE of Sandia Crest, 8.4 km (5.2 mi) SSW of Placitas, Sandia Mountain Wilderness.
Argonne Channel (Channel), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.8236111, -176.8152778)
Description: Between Green Island and Channel Islands, near the entrance to the Bay of Islands, W coast of Adak Island, Aleutian Islands.
History: Named in 1933 by members of the U.S. Navy Aleutian Island Survey Expedition, for the U.S.S. Argonne.
Ray Mesa (Summit), San Juan County, Utah (38.3128221, -109.1188687)
Description: Located 12.1 km (7.5 mi) E of La Sal, Utah, and 5.6 km (3.5 mi) SSW of Paradox, Colorado. (US-T121)
History: Reported to be named for the family of Tom Ray, who settled near La Sal, Utah in the 1870's. (US-T121)
Goldrun Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.8097222, -148.5538889)
Description: flows E to Pitka Fork just N of Twin Sisters and 45 mi. NW of Beaver, Kokrines-Hodzana High. 10 miles long.
History: Local name obtained in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tongva Peak (Summit), Los Angeles County, California (34.1970097, -118.2586936)
Description: Located within the Verdugo Mountains, in the city of Glendale, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) south of the head of Engleheard Canyon and 4.8 km (3 mi) northeast of the center of Burbank. (US-T121)
History: Named for the Indian tribe which is believed to be the first inhabitants of what would become Los Angeles County. (US-T121)
Kiolik Hill (Summit), Bethel County, Alaska (60.289617, -166.4970852)
Description: 5 mi. SW of Iookswarat Bay and 15 mi. SW of Cape Etolin, on N  part of Nunivak I.; Nunivak I.
History: Eskimo name meaning "rocky top," according to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1949.
Little Egg Island (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.2816667, -160.5244444)
Description: in Popof Strait, in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range
History: Both Egg and Little Egg Islands were named Egg Islands in 1872 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The names were applied separately in U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) 1916  Coast Pilot (p.177).
Diamond Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (65.8825, -162.1902778)
Description: flows NE to Minnehaha Creek which flows to Kiwalik Lagoon on Spafarief Bay, 7.5 mi. SW of Candle and 35 mi. NE of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High. 1.8 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported on the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson.
Alcatraz Island (Island), San Francisco County, California (37.8267199, -122.4228329)
Description: National Historic Landmark open to the public
History: Begun as a military fortification and the site of the first U.S. lighthouse on the Pacific Coast (1854), Alcatraz was the first official Army prison in the nation. In 1934, the facility was transferred to civilian authority and it became the repository for the most hardened criminals. Alcatraz represents the far end of the penological spectrum, designed for punishment and incarceration only, rather than rehabilitation. The prison was closed in 1963, and ten years later the island was opened to the public as the first unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Camp Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (57.7469444, -156.1383333)
Description: flows NE to Becharof Lake, 3.5 mi. S of Severson Peninsula, on  Alaska Peninsula, 3 mi. NW of Kanatak, Aleutian Range
History: Name reported in 1920 by G. C. Martin (1921, pl. 10), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); based on information given in 1902 by J. L. McPherson, Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
Chokoyik Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.0533333, -153.9261111)
Description: in Yukon River, between Lady and Henry Is., 11 mi. WSW of Birches, Kokrines-Hodzana High. 3 miles long.
History: Indian name reported in 1869 by Captain C. W. Raymond, US Army Corps of Engineers; he shows a fish camp on this island.
Northwoods Creek (Stream), DeKalb County, Georgia (33.88277, -84.26631)
Description: 1.4 mi. long; heads in the City of Doraville 2.5 mi. SW of Lake Windsor, flows generally W then S to enter North Fork Peachtree Creek 1.2 mi. NW of Lake Louise
History: Named in relation to the adjacent Northwoods Historic District.
Manzanita Lake (Lake), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (55.5482789, -131.0688614)
Description: in course of Manzanita Creek, on E coast of Revillagigedo I.,  Alex. Arch.
History: Name recorded in 1926 by R. H. Sargent and F. H. Moffit (in Smith and others, 1929, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). See Manzanita Bay.
Junco Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (63.7516667, -148.8991667)
Description: Flows WSW to the Nenana River, 1.5 mi NNE of the village of McKinley Park, Alaska Range
History: Named in 1965 by the Alaska Dept. of Highways "for the  bird, the junco, a species of the family Fringillidae, which is seen along  the stream in the summer months." See Iceworm Gulch.
Sunset Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.0172222, -155.2197222)
Description: flows NW to South Fork Sulatna River, 11 mi. SE of Poorman and 33 mi. SW of Monzonite Hills, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Prospectors' name published, but misapplied in 1921, by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kallands (Populated Place), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1852778, -153.0577778)
Description: on N shore of Yukon River, at mouth of Illinois Creek, opposite  Brant I., Kokrines-Hodzana High.
History: Local name reported by Eakin (1913, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Sawpit Creek (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.1583333, -159.3413889)
Description: heads in Kilbuck Mts. and flows NE to Swift Creek, 29 mi. S of Aniak, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Prospectors' name shown on a 1914 fieldsheet by A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This probably is meant to be the same stream shown on a  manuscript map of the "Kuskokwim Gold Belt," by H. W. Reeth, as "Amotoloriasak River," obviously an Eskimo name.
Ham Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.8786111, -154.8822222)
Description: extends E-W in Yukon River, 0.7 mi. S of Fox I. and 20 mi. NE of Ruby, Nowitna Low. 3 miles long.
History: Riverboat pilots' name shown on 1940 "Navigation Chart, Tanana-Yukon Rivers" of the River Boat Service, U.S. Dept. of Interior.
Ball Islets (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.0375, -135.3222222)
Description: "forming eastern part of the Galankin group, Sitka Sound," Alex. Arch.
History: So named by United States naval officers, 1879, after Col.  Mottrom Dulany Ball, at that time collector of customs at Sitka" (Baker,  1906, p. 114). Ball served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army.
Government Island (Cape), Norfolk County, Massachusetts (42.2376009, -70.7883762)
Description: On right bank of The Gulf at its entrance to Cohasset Cove 0.8 mi E of Cohasset; Town of Cohasset.
History: So named in the early 19th century because the US Government owned the land until it was bought by the Town of Cohasset in 1946.  According to town history, Minots Lighthouse was first built on this land in 1857 but later moved to Minots Ledge (Board on Geographic Names (BGN) files).
Stripe Point (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.0516667, -175.1844444)
Description: E entrance point to Crescent Bay, on N coast of Atka I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Descriptive name applied "because of conspicuous striped, gray rock slides." Published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot (p.99).
Saugus River (Stream), Essex County, Massachusetts (42.4434299, -70.9619939)
Description: Heads in Lake Quannapowitt at 423121N0710441W, flows SE for 13 miles to Lynn Harbor at Point of Pines 1.5 mi SSW of Lynn C.H.; Cities of Lynn and Revere and Towns of Saugus, Wakefield and Lynnfield.
History: Indian name meaning "small outlet" or "extended" (Douglas-Lithgow 1909).
Indian Lake (Lake), Juneau County, Alaska (58.1813239, -133.6543102)
Description: on Long River, 30 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. 2.4 miles long.
History: Name reported in 1916 by G. H. Canfield (in Brooks and others, 1918, p. 139), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This feature was shown as Speel Lake in 1923 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) sheet 7 (1951 Atlas).
Shine Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.3266667, -133.4416667)
Description: On N coast of Prince of Wales Island, flowing NE to Buster Bay on Sumner Strait, 0.2 mi NW of the mouth of Buster Creek, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name recorded in 1949 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Runamuck Island (Island), Baldwin County, Alabama (30.7515774, -87.9869417)
Description: Located in the Raft River, approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) upstream of its confluence with Grand Bay, opposite the mouth of Big Bay John, 25 km (15 mi) southwest of Bay Minette.
History: Named for a local duck hunting and fishing camp established in the 1950s.
Snow Gulch (Valley), Nome County, Alaska (65.0536963, -165.7257808)
Description: heads in Kigluaik Mts., trends NW to Windy Cove, in Imuruk Basin, 24 mi. SE of Teller, Seward Peninsula Highlands.
History: Local name reported about 1905 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Collier and others, 1908, pl. 8).
Lovewell Mountain (Summit), Sullivan County, New Hampshire (43.2036795, -72.060916)
Description: 2.2 km (1.4 mi) N of Island Pond and 4.5 km (2.8 mi) SW of Haystack Mountain, 4.2 km (2.6 mi) NE of Washington.
History: Named for Captain John Lovewell, 1725, who encountered many hostile Indians in the vicinity.
Monument Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.5869444, -165.475)
Description: flows SE to Snake River, 6 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1900 by E. C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This appears to be the stream labeled "Peacer  Creek" by Schrader (1900c, p. 16), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Trail Cliff (Cliff), San Juan County, Utah (37.6472127, -110.5068073)
Description: Location by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) card incorrect, MSS Curator (USHS) confirmed correct location of cliff. Said to be a cliff about 2000 feet high (sic)(elevation marks indicate a drop of about 1000 feet from the top of the cliff to the old river bed)
History: So named because a trail leads down the cliff.
Tahc’a Okute Wakpa (Stream), Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota (43.6119325, -102.980746)
Description: 15 mi. long; in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; flows N to enter the Cheyenne River; Tps42-40N, R48W, Sixth Principal Meridian
History: In the Lakota language “Tahc’a Okute” means “deer hunting ground”, and “Wakpa” means “river.”
Guthrie Canyon (Valley), Riverside County, California (33.6453014, -117.3781092)
Description: Trends north for 0.5 mile to Slater Canyon, 1.6 km (1 mi) southwest of Lake Elsinore. (US-T121)
History: Named for John D Guthrie (1934-1959), California Division of Forestry employee who lost his life in The Decker Fire of August 1959. (US-T121)
Tununak River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.5786111, -165.2697222)
Description: Heads at 603045N, 1651730W, flows N to Tununak Bay, SW of Tununak.
History: Eskimo name meaning "behind one's back." So called because  "both forks of this river has its mouth at the village (?)"; reported in  1929 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Ross County (Civil), Ross County, Ohio (39.3376277, -83.0570256)
Description: Located in south central Ohio, 65 km (40 mi) south of Columbus; County Seat:  Chillicothe.
History: Established on 20 August 1798, named for James A Ross of Pennsylvania, a Federalist and associate of Governor Arthur St Clair.  (OH-T801/p278)
Sud Island (Island), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.8975, -152.2094444)
Description: in Gulf of Alaska, one of Barren Is., 5 mi. SW of Nord I., 67  mi. NE of Afognak, Chugach Mts.
History: Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1908. The name is a French word meaning  "south."
Lief Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9338889, 177.3163889)
Description: on W coast 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 1953 Army Map Service (AMS) map.