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databases such as the Geographic Names Information System; maps (such as those from the National Geographic Society), whether printed or electronic. Many governments have an agency to standardize the use of place names, such as the United States Board on Geographic Names (see BGN below), the Geographical Names Board of Canada, etc.
Abîme – Geographical term referring to vertical shaft in caves; Abyssal fan – Underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition; Abyssal plain – Flat area on the deep ocean floor; Ait – Island in the River Thames, England; Alluvial fan – Fan-shaped deposit of sediment
Experts during the 26th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (2–6 May 2011, United Nations Office, Vienna) The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) is one of the nine expert groups of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and deals with the national and international standardization of geographical names.
The logo of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; as well as the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.
Geographic Names Database From an alternative name : This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.
[Names are] submitted for decisions to the Board on Geographical names by individuals, private organizations, or government agencies. It is the Board's responsibility to render formal decisions on new names, proposed changes in names, and names which are in conflict.
GeoNames (or GeoNames.org) is a user-editable geographical database available and accessible through various web services, under a Creative Commons attribution license. The project was founded in late 2005. [1] The GeoNames dataset differs from, but includes data from, [2] the US Government's similarly named GEOnet Names Server.
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country. Places are also sometimes assigned dual names for various reasons.