cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Nugget Creek Glacier (Glacier), Juneau County, Alaska (58.4323756, -134.3691631)
Description: branch of Norris Glacier, heads N of Nugget Mtn. and trends W  to head of Nugget Creek, 8.5 mi. N of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Name reported by Adolph Knopf (1912, pls. 1, 2, and 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Busch Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.5044444, -147.68)
Description: flows NE to Goose Creek 13 mi. SW of its junction with Susitna River, 20 mi. SE of Mount Watana, Talkeetna Mts. 5.8 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Bailey Butte (Summit), Catron County, New Mexico (34.558109, -107.822831)
Description: Located 0.8 km (0.5 mi) north-northwest of Onion Spring, 1.1 km (0.7 mi) northwest of the mouth of Coal Canyon, 65 km (40 mi) south of Grants.
History: Named for Arthur Paul Bailey (1899-1975), professor of engineering at the University of New Mexico.
Tolly Point (Cape), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (38.9412242, -76.4505139)
Description: Located along the Chesapeake Bay at the east end of the Bay Ridge community, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) southeast of the Annapolis State Capitol building.  (US-T121)
History: Named after Thomas Tolly, who took the patent for this piece of land in the mid 1700s.  (US-T121)
Henry Peak (Summit), Petersburg County, Alaska (57.1349041, -132.9169341)
Description: 4 mi. NW of head of Thomas Bay and 96 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.
History: Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Joseph Henry, 1799-1878, inventor. He invented the first electromagnet and the first telegraph. He was also the discoveror of many other important electric  principles. In 1846, while professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University , he became the first secretary of the Smithsoniam Institution in Washington, organized the activities of the Institution, which included all branches of science.
Kugruk River (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (66.0061111, -162.6702778)
Description: On Seward Peninsula, flows from the SE part of Imuruk Lake in a NE direction to Kugruk Lagoon, at Kotzebue Sound 5.5 mi SE of Cape Deceit, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 60 miles long.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1899 as "Koogroog" by Schrader and Brooks (1900, map 3) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This appears to be the stream that Petroff in 1880 named "Mammoth" "from the occurrence of Mammoth bones in the vicinity" (Baker, 1906, p. 424). Reported as "Swan River" in 1901 by D. L. Reaburn (in Mendenhall, 1902, pl. 42), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In 1904, after U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) had completed reconnaissance mapping of Seward Peninsula, attention was called to the fact that three major rivers on the peninsula were named "Kugruk." Action was then taken to change these names. The above river was retained as Kugruk since that is the way it was used in court records. The Kugruk River which flows to the Kuzitrin River was changed to Kougarok River, because as A. J. Collier, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), stated in a letter, "it has always been pronounced locally as Koogarok, and so appears on all claim notices. When I first heard the name in 1900, I fancied that it had reference to the Rocky Mountain lion as cougar. In court records it is usually spelled 'Ko
Tom Killae Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (60.8159029, -155.8910736)
Description: flows N 10 mi. to South Fork Hoholitna River, 32 mi. WSW of Whitefish Lake and 70 mi. NW of Nondalton, Lime Hills
History: Local name reported in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Huron (Populated Place), Beadle County, South Dakota (44.3633173, -98.2142572)
History: Settled in 1880 and incorporated by the Dakota Territorial Legislature on 8 March 1883. (SD-T17/p71) Named by Marvin Hughitt, President of the North Western Railroad for the Huron Indians. Believed to be a corruption of the French word "hure" that was given to a tribe of Indians by the French, the word meaning "wild boar." (SD-T83/P85)
Tahini River (Stream), Haines County, Alaska (59.6161111, -135.9861111)
Description: Incomplete record, heading in Duff Lake in Canada and flowing SE across the international boundary to the Chilkat River 15 mi N of Klukwan, 26 mi. NW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name meaning "Ta River" reported by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map).
Inuktak Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.0580556, -165.4794444)
Description: Flows SW to the Chukchi Sea, 0.3 mi SE of the mouth of Kisimilok Creek and 14.2 mi SE of Cape Thompson, Arctic Slope.
History: Eskimo name meaning "murder" referring to a famous folktale of a battle near here between the Tigaramiut (Point Hop people) and the Kivalinagmiut (Kivalina people) according to Lawrence Sage who lived here as a boy. W. O. Pruitt, University of Alaska, applied this name to Kiktoya Creek. The name was reported in 1950 as "Inuktuk" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Dans Rock (Summit), Allegany County, Maryland (39.581478, -78.8972453)
Description: Bound by Savage Mountain on the W and Knobly Mountain in West Virginia on the E, 4.3 km (2.7 mi) NE of Wolf Rock.  (US-T121)
History: Named for Daniel Cresap, one of the sons of Colonel Thomas Cresap, for whose negro servant Negro Mountain was named.  Daniel met his death on the mountainside during an Indian conflict.
Deshu Isthmus (Isthmus), Haines County, Alaska (59.2254494, -135.4489971)
Description: at neck of Chilkat Peninsula S of Haines, on Portage Cove, 17 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name meaning "trail end" reported in 1922  by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) spelled the name "Daschu."
Lake Bonneville (Reservoir), Wasco County, Oregon (45.7009371, -121.32343)
Description: On the Oregon-Washington boundary.  Formed by the daming of the Columbia River at Bradford Island in Multnomah County, Oregon.  Extends east approximately 46 miles to The Dalles Dam that forms Lake Celilo approximately 2.5 mi NE of The Dalles on the Washington-Oregon State boundary.
History: Construction of the dam at Lake Bonneville began in 1933, with operation beginning in 1938.
Tagadak Island (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9575, -176.0013889)
Description: between Great Sitkin and Umak Islands., one of Andreanof Islands., Aleutian Islands.
History: Aleut name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28),  Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Tagadakh", or "Tagadakh Island." According to R. H. Geoghegan, this Aleut word means "fresh" or "new."
Boreal Mountain (Summit), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (67.8276796, -150.7817935)
Description: one of Gates of the Arctic, on E bank of North Fork Koyukuk  River, 35 mi. NW of Wiseman, Brooks Range;
History: Named in 1924 by Marshall (1956, p. 12) who wrote, "Close at hand * * * was a precipitous pair of mountains, one on each side of the  North Fork. I bestowed the name of 'Gates of the Arctic' on them, christening the east portal 'Boreal Mountain' and the west portal 'Frigid Crags.'"
Point Belcher (Cape), North Slope County, Alaska (70.7927778, -159.6513889)
Description: on Chukchi Sea shore, 13 mi. NE of Wainwright, Arctic Plain
History: Named in September 1826 by Captain F. W. Beechey, Royal Navy (RN), for Lieutenant (later Sir Edward) Belcher, Royal Navy (RN), Supernumerary, Assistant Surveyor, and  contributor to its journal on geological research. The following year he was  responsible for the loss of the Blossom's barge and the lives of three of Beechey's men off Choris Peninsula.
Buckeye Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.7791667, -141.0997222)
Description: flows N to Yukon River, 3 mi. E of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name obtained in 1898 by E. C. Barnard, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Crooked Creek (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.2530556, -160.2597222)
Description: Heads on Crooked Mountains. Flows NW 17 mi then W 18 mi to the Kwethluk River, 3 mi NE of Eek Lake, 65 mi. SE of Bethel, Kilbuck-Kusk/Kwim Mountains.
History: Descriptive name given by prospectors about 1911-14;  reported in 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Florence Bay (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (57.4961111, -134.8761111)
Description: an arm of Sitkoh Bay, on SE tip of Chichagof I., 25 mi. SE of Tenakee Springs, Alex. Arch. 0.7 mile wide.
History: Name reported by Lieutenant Commander Moser, (1898, p. 124), U.S. Navy (USN).
Cedar Mountains (Range), Mineral County, Nevada (38.5313128, -117.8234445)
Description: N of the Monte Cristo Range 48 km (30 mi) NW of Tonopah. Hightest point is on Little Pilot Peak. Horizontal and vertival data confirmed from NGS at URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds2.prl, May 2000.
Chichagof Bay (Bay), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.6552778, -160.2341667)
Description: on W shore of Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range. 2.5 miles wide.
History: Local name reported by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 (v. 4 , p. 69-78). Commonly called Chicago Bay according to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) 1916 Coast Pilot (v. 2, p. 165). Named for Admiral Vasili Iakob Chichagov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who, with a fleet of three ships, made explorations in the Arctic regions in 1765-66.
Karluk Lagoon (Lake), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.5654404, -154.422335)
Description: at mouth of Karluk River, at Karluk, on W coast of Kodiak I.
History: Name derived from village of Karluk and reported in 1897  by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.
Tohitkah Mountain (Summit), Haines County, Alaska (59.6099368, -136.0550369)
Description: 5.5 mi. N of junction of Kelsall and Chilkat Rivers, 28 mi. NW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name given by E. C. Robertson, geologist;  published in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Seelinger Branch (Stream), Bates County, Missouri (38.278611, -94.2675)
Description: 1.6 mi. long; in Summit Township, flows SW to enter Willow Branch 3.9 mi. E of Butler Memorial Airport; Secs 8&9, T40N, R30W, Fifth Principal Meridian.
History: The name honors Adam Seelinger (1830-1908), John Seelinger (d.1933), and William Seelinger (d.1944), early settlers in Bates County.
Perdido Key (Populated Place), Escambia County, Florida (30.300201, -87.4274773)
Description: Located on Perdido Key, 24 km (15 mi) SW of Pensacola and 8.8 km (5.5 mi) E of the Alabama State line.
History: Named for Perdido Key, the island on which the community is located; the word "perdido" is Spanish for "lost island".
Martin Harbor (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.2247222, -174.2869444)
Description: on SE side of Korovin Bay, on NW coast of Atka I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Named for Captain Martin Klinkofstrom of the  Russian-American Company, "Peshtchanaia anse," meaning "Sandy Bay," by Captain  Lutke (1836, p. 313), who first used the bay, according to Dall (1873, p. 114). It was called Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Ingraham Bay (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (54.9777778, -131.9797222)
Description: extends west 4 miles from Clarence Strait, on SE coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, UsC&GS, for Joseph Ingraham, master of the brig Hope, of Boston, 1791-92 whose unpublished hydrographic notes of this region were used in compiling the Coast Pilot of 1883.
Twenty-six Pup (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4961111, -144.8680556)
Description: flows NW to Deadwood Creek, 6.8 mi. w of Circle Hot Springs and  30 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1954 or 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)  topographers.
Michaelsen Reservoir (Reservoir), Mesa County, Colorado (39.1212667, -107.8887172)
Description: formed by damming Michaelsen Creek 2.2 km (1.4 mi) NE of Bonham Reservoir and 10.5 km (6.5 mi) NE f Grand Mesa.
History: Named for the Michaelsen family who constructed the reservoir in the 1920'w.
Eckman Beach (Beach), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.8897222, 173.2888889)
Description: on Hodikof Bay, Attu I., Aleutian Islands. 0.5 mile long.
History: Name shown on an Army Map Service (AMS) map published in 1948 and given by the U.S. Army during World War II. The name is not used today.
Antelope Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.2980556, -155.0055556)
Description: flows S to Quartz Creek, 14 mi. SE of Long and 33 mi. SE of  Ruby, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.;
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1913 by Eakin (1914, pl. 3),  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The stream's exact application is in doubt.
Nome River (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.4827778, -165.305)
Description: heads 4.5 mi. W of Salmon Lake, flows S to Norton Sound, 4 mi. SE of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name derived from Cape Nome and reported in  1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Station Island (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.1491667, -133.6247222)
Description: at S point of entrance to Shakan Bay, on N coast of Kosciusko  I., Alex. Arch.
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.
Upper Ohmer Lake (Lake), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.4556262, -150.2904202)
Description: On the Kenai Peninsula, 0.5 mi E of Lower Ohmer Lake and 34 mi ESE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range for the late Earl N. Ohmer, former chairman of the Territorial Game Commission.
Williwaw Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9863889, 178.4775)
Description: W of Patterson Point, Little Sitkin I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Descriptive name given by personnel of the U.S.S. Ogala in  1935, "for a dangerous, downslope, gusty wind, common on Little Sitkin and  other Aleutian Islands."
San Andreas Rift Zone (Area), Mendocino County, California (39.0038889, -123.6966667)
Description: The entire San Andreas fault system is more than 800 miles long and extends to depths of at least 10 miles within the Earth. It runs from northern California southward to Cajon Pass near San Bernardino. The fault is a complex zone of crushed and broken rock from a few hundred feet to a mile wide. Many smaller faults branch from and join the San Andreas fault zone. Incomplete record, fragmented fault extends south into Mexico.
Clarks Crossing (Crossing), Yellowstone County, Montana (45.7502778, -108.4983333)
Description: approx. 115 acres; in the Yellowstone River, 1.5 miles upstream of its confluence with Bitter Creek, 2.2 miles S of downtown Billings; Secs 15&14, T1S, R26E, Montana Principal Meridian
History: The name recognizes the site where in 1806 Captain William Clark crossed the Yellowstone River with an expedition of horses
Hazel Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.5511111, -165.2136111)
Description: flows SW to Nome River, 6 mi. NE of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 2.2 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1900 by E. C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Neptune Bay (Bay), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.5444444, -151.3983333)
Description: on E shore of Kachomak Bay, on Kenai Peninsula, 9 mi. SE of Homer,  Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) or U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1940's.
Spray Cape (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.6136111, -167.1572222)
Description: W coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Named by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888. This cape was called "Mys  Mokrovskoy" meaning "wet cape" by Captain Sarichev, (1826, map 14, dated  1792), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Denton (Populated Place), Bonner County, Idaho (48.2027062, -116.2482322)
Description: Located in sec 18,T56N,R2E, Boise Meridian.
History: Originally named Thornton in 1891, when a siding of the Northern Pacific RR was built. The station later moved and the town name was changed to Denton, in honor of Dennis Thorton.
City of Newton (Civil), Middlesex County, Massachusetts (42.3316039, -71.2084268)
Description: Located 10 mi W of Boston (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1639, incorporated as a town in 1691, and as a city in 1871. Took its name from the original name of Cambridge, New Towne, of which it was a  part. The present spelling gradually evolved. Also known in 1691 as the town of Cambridge Village or Little Cambridge (MA-T1/p33).
Fairchild Glacier (Glacier), Clallam County, Washington (47.9065705, -123.6289715)
Description: In Olympic National Park, on the NE slope of Mount Fairchild, 9.7 km (6 mi) SE of Olympic Hot Springs and 12.9 km (8 mi) NNE of Mount Olympus.
History: Named for William R Fairchild (1929-1969), pilot who flew many  hundreds of trips to support scientific studies of the Olympic Mountains.
Adams Glacier (Glacier), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.7826082, -135.8399206)
Description: The feature is in Glacier Bay National Monument, 40 mi. SW of Skagway; St. Elias Mts.
History: The feature was named in 1896 by H. F. Reid, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for C. A. Adams, a member of his party in 1892. Muir Glacier" (Reid, 1892, map).  The entry was also listed in "Dictionary of Alaska Place Names" (Orth, 1967).
Yakutania Point (Cape), Skagway County, Alaska (59.4527778, -135.3333333)
Description: in Taiya Inlet, 0.5 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History: Tlingit Indian name "Yakutan-ya," reported to mean  "canoe-landing"; published in 1923 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) Sheet 9 (1951 atlas).
Packers Spit (Bar), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.7377778, -153.505)
Description: at mouth of East Arm Uganik Bay, on N coast of Kodiak I.
History: Descriptive name published in 1943 by US@C&GS. A  fish-packing plant was located here in the late 1800's. This feature was  called "Uganuk Spit" (for Uganik Island) in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.
Imikneyak Mountains (Range), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (68.1898811, -160.4880261)
Description: extend NE-SW 15 mi. in DeLong Mts., between Imikneyak Creek and Kaluktavik River, 13 mi. SE of Misheguk Mtn., Brooks Range
History: Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1958 for the adjacent stream.
Harriman Fiord (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (61.0388889, -148.3213889)
Description: extends NE from terminus of Harriman Glacier to Barry Arm, 28 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 12 miles long.
History: Named by the members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition for Edward Henry Harriman, 1848-1909, the organizer and sponsor of the expedition in 1899.
Nova Canyon (Valley), Inyo County, California (36.3152129, -117.2981152)
Description: Heads on the southwest slope of the Panamint Range 4.2 km (2.6 mi) south of Pinto Peak and extends west-southwest to the east side of Panamint Valley 14.4 km (9 mi) east-southeast of the settlement of Panamint Springs.  (US-T121)
Gerle Creek (Stream), El Dorado County, California (38.9543502, -120.3993633)
Description: Heads at Loon Lake, flows west 8 km (5 mi) to Johnnys Hill where it continues south 3.2 km (2 mi) then south-southwest to South Fork Rubicon River, 3.2 km (2 mi) north of Robbs Peak. (US-T121)
Butterfield Valley (Valley), Riverside County, California (33.4835488, -116.9626921)
Description: Trends northwest along the course of Temecula Creek 1.4 km (0.9 mi) west of Redec in Redec Valley, to the unnamed valley on the southeastern end of Vail Lake.  (US-T121)
History: Named to commemorate the Butterfield Stage Route which passed through this area.  (US-T121)
High Ridge Lake (Lake), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.5774674, -149.1800651)
Description: In Matanuska Valley, 2.8 mi SW of Palmer and 0.2 mi NE of Baird Lake, Cook Inlet Low.
History: So named in 1954 by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Machetanz of Palmer, Alaska, because the lake is surrounded by high ridges.
Sixmile Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1141139, -152.3672036)
Description: 2 mi. SE of junction of Tozitna and Yukon Rivers, 9 mi. SW of Tanana, Nowitna Low.
History: Local name reported in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Howards Bluff (historical) (Populated Place), Callaway County, Missouri (38.65, -92.05)
Description: Coordinates approximate.
History: Howards Bluff is an early settlement near where Marion later was established, and served as county seat of Cole from 1820-22, before it was moved to Marion. Howards Bluff is also mentioned as the site of Jefferson City (as in The House On Howards Bluff about the executive mansion), and one reference says the competition for the new state capital was between Cote Sans Dessein and Howards Bluff with Howards Bluff winning.
Anaconda Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (62.2144444, -141.0283333)
Description: in Nutzotin Mts., flows NE to anabranch of Beaver Creek, 1 mi. E of Alaska-Canada boundary and 7 mi. SE of Carden Hills, Alaska Range; 6.7 miles long.
History: Local name; published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Brooks and others 1909, pl. 7).
South Fork Chena River (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.8847222, -146.6719444)
Description: heads at 644600N 1455400W, flows wNW 41 mi. to Chena River, 33 mi. ENE of Fairbanks; Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1907 by Prindls (1913, pl. 4) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Semichi Islands (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.735, 173.9911111)
Description: Shemya Islands., 20 miles east-southeast of Attu Islands; Aleutian Islands.
History: Probably discovered on October 29, 1741 (Old Style (O.S.) calendar), by Captain Commander Vitus Bering, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who applied the name "St. Abraham" to one of them. See Shemya Island. According to Baker (1906, p. 561), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who cites W. H. Dall, the name "Semichi" was applied to these islands by the early Russians, the name being derived from the Russian "Semik," which is "the feast on the seventh Thursday after Easter, on which day they were discovered." Reverend Coxe (1787, p. 50) called them "Shemya."
Glory of Russia Cape (Cape), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.6005556, -172.9308333)
Description: Extends NE into the Bering Sea, at Sarichef Strait, on the NW end of Saint Matthew Island.
History: This cape appears to have been named "M[ys] Slavy [Slava] Rossii", "Cape Glory of Russia", by the Russian Hydrographic Department (Chart 1427) in 1849, for Lieutenant Sarichev's ship which was anchored off the coast here July 14, 1791 (Old Style (O.S.) calendar).
Second Priest Rock (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.9013889, -166.4388889)
Description: between Summer and Iliuluk Bays on SW shore of Unalaska Bay, NE  coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Local name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 821 as "Pinnacle" in 1872. See Priest Rock.
Cannery Rock (Bar), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.1155556, -132.1366667)
Description: between Cannery Cove and North Arm Moira Sound, on SE coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex Arch.
History: Local name reported in 1905 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Wading River (Stream), Bristol County, Massachusetts (41.9556557, -71.1669931)
Description: Heads at 420233N0711644W, flows SE 7.5 mi then E to join the Rumford River to form the Threemile River, 1.2 mi SE of Norton; towns of Norton, Mansfield and Foxborough.
History: A translation of the Indian word 'coweset' meaning 'wading'; name applied because a man can wade the entire length of the stream (Steel).
Independence Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.6991667, -165.9683333)
Description: flows SE to Sinuk River, 21 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 4 miles long.
History: Prospectors name reported in 1908 by E. C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).