GEOGRAPHIC NAMES CORRECT ORTHOGRAPHY OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES ? REVISED TO JANUARY, 1911 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1911 PREPARED FOR USE IN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE BY THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY, 1911 ) CORRECT ORTHOGRAPHY OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. The following list of geographic names includes all decisions on spelling rendered by the United States Geographic Board to and including December 7, 1910. Adopted forms are shown by bold-face type, rejected forms by italic, and revisions of previous decisions by an asterisk (*). Aalplaus ; see Alplaus. Acoma; township, McLeod County, Minn. Abagadasset; point, Kennebec River, Saga- (Not Aconia.) dahoc County, Me. (Not Abagadusset. AQores ; see Azores. Abatan; river, southwest part of Bohol, Acquasco; see Aquaseo. discharging into Maribojoc Bay. (Not Acquia; see Aquia. Abalan nor Abalon.) Acworth; railroad station and town, Cobb Aberjona; river, IVIiddlesex County, Mass. County, Ga. (Not Ackworth.) (Not Abbajona.) Adam; island, Chesapeake Bay, Dorchester Abino; point, in Canada, near east end of County, Md. (Not Adam's nor Adams.) Lake Erie. (Not Abineau nor Albino.) Adams; creek, Chatham County, Ga. (Not Aboite; railroad station, Allen County, Adams's.) Ind. (Not Aboit.) Adams; township. Warren County, Ind. AJjoo-shehr ; see Bushire. (Not J. Q. Adams.) Abookeer; AhouJcir; see Abukir. Adam's Creek; see Cunningham. Ahou Hamad; see Abu Hamed. Adams Fall; ledge in New Haven Harbor, Fall.) Abram ; creek in Grant and Mineral Coun- Conn. (Not Adam's ties, W. Va. (Not Abraham.) Adel; see Somali. Abram; see Shimmo. Adelina; town, Calvert County, Md. (Not Abruad ; see Riad. Adalina.) Absaroka; range of mountains in and near Aderhold; ferry over Chattahoochee River, Yellowstone National Park. (Not Sho- Campbell and Douglas Counties, Ga. shone, Snow, nor Yellowstone.) (Not Addahold nor Daholt.) Absecon; bay, beach, inlet, and town, At- Adirondack; mountains in northern New lantic County, N. J. (Not Absecom.) York. (Not Adirondac.) Abu Hamed; town, Egyptian-Sudan. (Not Adjighiol; Adjigiol; see Ajigiol. Abou Hamad nor Abu Hammed.) Adkins ; see Atkins. Abu Hammed; see Abu Hamed. Admiral Butakov ; see Tkachen. northern coast of Egypt, be- Admiralty ; see Yakutat. Abukir ; bay, tween promontory of Abukir on west and Adobe; town, Madison County, Mont. (Not Roseeta mouth of Nile on east. (Not Adobetown.) Abookeer nor Aboukir.) Adrar; a mountainous district in the west- Abu-Shehr ; see Bushire. ern Sahara, Africa. (Not Aderar.) Acabonack; harbor in Easthampton, Suf- AdzMgiol; see Ajigiol. folk County, Long Island, N. Y. (Not Aegean; sea, that part of the Mediterra- Acabomock.) nean Sea lying between Asia Minor, Accomac; county seat of Accomac County, Greece, and Turkey. Va. (Not Drummondtown.) Aektok; see Rootok. Accra; Accrah; see Akkra. Aeneas; creek, lake, mountain, and valley, Acequia; railroad station, Douglas County, Okanogan County, W>sh. (Not Eneas.) Colo. (Not Ascequia.) Afrikia; see Tunis. Acheuchik; see Chandalar. *Afton; railroad station, Greene County, Achteedeedung ; see Portage. Tenn. (Not Home.) bay, indenting the northern shore Acken; dock, Raritan River, Middlesex Agamgik ; Island, eastern County, N. .1. (Not Acken's.) of Beaver Bay, Unalaska Acoakset; see Westport. Aleutians, Alaska. (Not Food.) 3 ) ) 4 COERECT ORTHOGEAPHY OF GEOGEAPHIC NAMES. Agamok; lake, Lake County, Minn. (Not Akcine; see Axin. Agamak.) Akhtidung ; see Portage. AgashagoJc; see Bogoslof. *Akin; village, Montgomery County, N. Y. Agate; canyon, in south wall of Grand (Not Aiken.) Canyon, 1 mile east of Sapphire Canyon, Akkra; town on the Gold Coast, West Coconino County, Ariz. Africa. (Not Accrah.) Agate; railroad station, Floyd County, Ga. Akun; island, one of the eastern Aleutians, (Not Cunningham.) Alaska. (Not Akoun.) Agattu; island, one of the western Aleu- Akutan; bay, harbor, island, pass, village. tians, Alaska. and volcano, eastern Aleutians, Alaska. Agee; town, Campbell County, Tenn. (Not (Not Akoutan.) Agec.) Alacran; reef, bank of Campeche, off north Agency; creek, Missoula County, Mont. coast of Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico. (Not (Not Jones nor Mill.) Alacrane nor The Alacranes.) Aggie; creek, tributary of Fish River, Alaid; see Araido. Alaska. Alameda; creek, tributary of Koyuk River, Aghik; island, one of the Semidi Islands, Alaska. Alaska. (Not A'ghik.) Alamogordo ; election precinct and town, Aghiyuk; island, one of the Semidi Islands, Guadalupe County, N. Mex. (Not Alamo Alaska. (Not Aghi'yukh.) Gordo.) Agnes; cove. Resurrection Bay, Kenai Alamoosook; lake, town of Orland, Hancock Peninsula, Alaska. County, Me. (Not Great.) Agoway ; see North Aowa. Alamo Solo ; spring, near center of sec. 2, Ah-lash-oJc ; see Alatna. T. 25 S., R. 18 E., Kern County, Cal. Ahle; point in Columbia River, Cowlitz Alamota; railroad station, Lane County, County, Wash. (Not Ahle's.) Kans. (Not Alomata.) Ahmed-Shahee ; see Kandahar. Alamuche; see Allamuchy. Ahnapee; river, Kewaunee County, V\^is. Alanthus; town, Culpeper County, Va. (Not (Not Ahnepee.) Ailanthus.) see Algoma. Ahnapee; Ahnepee; Alanthus; town. Franklin County, Ala. Ahogado; rock, entrance to Cabullon Bight, (Not Ailanthus.) P. R. Alanthus; town, Gove County, Kans. (Not Ahoskie; railroad station, ridge, and creek, Ailanthus.) village, Hertford County, N. C. (Not Alanthus Grove; town. Gentry County, Mo. Ahoskey nor Ahosky.) (Not Ailanthus Grove.) Ahtanum; see Atanum. Alanthus Hill; town, Hancock County, Ahues; see Porcupine. Tenn. (Not Ailanthus.) Ahwahnee ; see Wassamma. Alapaha; railroad station, Berrien County, Aialik; cape, end of point on eastern side Ga. (Not Allapaha.) Aialik Bay, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Alarcon Terrace; low spur, extending south- (Not Ajalik nor Ayalik.) west from Powell Plateau, Coconino Aidin; see Smyrna. County, Ariz. Aido ; spring, north half of sec. 35, T. 25 S., Alarka ; see Yalaka. R. 17 E., Kern County, Cal. Alaska; peninsula of southwestern Alaska. Aiken; landing and swamp, James River, (Not Aliaska.) Chesterfield County, Va. (Not Aiken's.) Alatna river, northern Alaska, large branch Aiken; see Akin. ; of Koyukuk River from the northwest. Ailanthus ; see Alanthus. (Not Ah-lash-ok, Alashuk, Al-lash-ook, Ailuk; atoll, one of the Marshall Group in Allatna, Allen, Allenkakat, nor Oklashok.) the Pacific Ocean. (Not Ailu nor Kru- Alberhill; coal railroad station, senstern. mine and Riverside County, Cal. (Not Alberhil.) Air; see Asben. Nyanza; lake in central Africa. Aire; small island south of Minorca, Bale- Albert Albert Albert Edward Ny- aric Islands, Mediterranean Sea. (Not (Not Edward, Ayre. anza, Muta, Muta Nzige, nor M'Wooten Aisquith; see Asquith. N'zige.) Aix; peak in Cascade Range, Yakima Alberto; island, San Alberto Bay, Prince of County, Wash. (Not Aiks.) Wales Archipelago, Alaska. Ajighiol; see Ajigiol. Alberto; reef, in close proximity to Alberto Ajigiol; spit and village, Dnieper Bay, Island, Alaska. Black Sea. (Not Adjighiol, Adjigiol, Alcalde; see Waltham. Adzhigiol, nor Ajighiol.) Alcalde Hills; foothills, east side of Diablo Ajika; see Kairai. Range, between Los Gates and Waltham Akamagasaki; Akamagaseki; Akamagseki : Creeks, west and northwest of Coalinga, see Shimonoseki. Cal. ) ) ) ) COEKECT ORTHOGEAPHY OF GEOGEAPHTC NAMES. 5 Alcatraz; rock, off middle of entrance to Allentoivn; see Camp Springs. Salina del Sur, P. R. (Not Rocas Alca- Allimatona; see Pottersville. traz.) Alloway; creek and village, Salem County, Alchichna; see John. N. J. (Not Alloways.) Alcovy; mountain and town in Newton Alloway; landing on Mississippi River, County, and river in Newton and Wal- Adams County, Miss. (Not Allawa.) ton Counties, Ga. (Not Ulcofauhacliee. Alloway; township, Salem County, N. J. Alegranza; northern island of the Canary (Not Upper Alloways Creek.) group. (Not Allegranza.) Alliim; see Alum. Alert; bank in lat. 36° 20' N., long. 122° 07' Alluwe; town, Cherokee Nation, Okla. (Not W., 101 miles west of Point Sur, Cal. Al-lu-we. Alexander; city, Tallapoosa County, Ala. Almon; town, Newton County, Ga. (Not (Not Alexander City.) Almond.) Alexandria; township, Leavenworth County, Alomata; see Alamota. Kans. (Not Alexander.) Alplaus; kill (or creek) and village, Sche Alexanken; creek and railroad station, nectady County, N. Y. (Not Aalplaus.) Hunterdon County, N. J. (Not Alex- Alsek; river in southeastern Alaska. (Not socken.) Altsek nor Altsekh.) Alf; island, northernmost one of a chain Alseya; precinct, river, and town, Benton of islands in Uyak Bay, three-fourths mile County, Greg. (Not Alsea.) southward of Amook Island, Alaska. Alta Yeen Oola; see Altai. Alfenique; reef in entrance to Rincon Bay, Altai ; group of mountains in Siberia, lying P. R. between the sources of the Irtish and Algeciras; seaport town in Spain, on Bay Yenisei Rivers, Asia. (Not Alta Yeen of Gibraltar. (Not Algeziras.) Oola.) Algers ; see Elger. Alteman; Altemans; see Aultmans. Algodon; see Point Algodones. Alton; bay, southern side of Winnepesaukec Algodoncs ; see Point Algodones. Lake, Belknap County, N. H. (Not Merry- *Algoma; city, Kewaunee County, Wis. meeting.) (Not Ahnapee nor Ahnepee.) Alum; hill in town of Sheffield, Berkshire Alki; point in Puget Sound, near Seattle, County, Mass. (Not Allum.) Me-kwah-mooks, Alum pond, Wash. (Not Battery, ; Sturbridge town, Worcester nor Robert's.) County, Mass. (Not Pookookapog. Alkires Mills; town, Lewis County, W. Va. Alvada; railroad station, Seneca County, (Not Alkire's Mill.) Ohio. (Not Alveda.) Allagash; lake, plantation, river, and vil- Amami; group and