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The National Map Geographic Names Content

These are all of the different types of geographic names depicted in The National Map.

  • Arch
  • Area
  • Arroyo
  • Bar
  • Basin
  • Beach
  • Bench
  • Bend
  • Cape
  • Census
  • Channel
  • Civil
  • Cliff
  • Crater
  • Flat
  • Forest
  • Gap
  • Gut
  • Island
  • Isthmus
  • Landform
  • Lava
  • Levee
  • Locale
  • Map Indices, 1 x 1 degree
  • Map Indices, 1 x 2 degree
  • Map Indices, 15 minute
  • Map Indices, 3.75 minute
  • Map Indices, 30 x 60 minute
  • Map Indices, 7.5 minute
  • Military
  • Pillar
  • Plain
  • Populated Place
  • Range
  • Reef
  • Ridge
  • Slope
  • Summit
  • Valley
  • Woods

For comments or questions about the The National Map Geographic Names Content, please email:  tnm_help@usgs.gov.

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