Geographic Names Information System
GNIS (The
Geographic Names Information System) contains name and
locative information about almost 2 million physicalcultural features
located throughout
United StatesAmericaits Territories. GNIS was
developed by
United States Geological Surveycooperation with
United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN)promotestandardizationfeature names.
External Links
geonames.usgs.gov
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