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Nomenclature Decisions of the United States Geographic Board

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  • Eable Rocks Miry Tricorner Knob. Ca* JOHN J. CAMERON, SiCRuIABY Room 6318, Oommkrck Bcilding, Washington, X>. O. DECISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD No. 21—November 3, 1932 [Names in boldface type are those approved by the board. When two names are printed in boldface type, that which is inclosed in parentheses ( ) is the conventional English name, and the use of either form, or both forms, is authorized. Names preceded by an asterisk (*) indicate a change In the name or spelling of earlier decisions. Cross-reference names in boldface type are alternative names of spellings the use of which is approved. Cross-reference names in italics are rejected names or spellings. Cross-reference names in ordinary roman type (e. g., La Haye) preceded by a double dagger (t) are foreign geographic names in a language other than that of the country concerned, e. g., the French name of a city in the Netherlands. Names in parentheses ( ), printed in roman type, following a T\ord such as "bay." "creek," "lake," or "peak" designating a geographic feature, e. g., "Ourand: peak (Mount Ourand)," indicate the form of the name in common or local use, and may be used if preferred. Spellings followed by a dagger (t) are English transliterations from a non-Latin alphabet.] Arabian Saudian Kingdom: see Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of. Arroyo Ramoso: Intermittent stream, Kings County, Calif., rising east of El LeOn, flowing southward to SW. % sec. 5, T. 22 S., R. 18 E. Descriptive name, meaning, " Branching stream." Casco: large bay on coast of Maine, centering near lat. 43° 39' N., long. 70° 05' W. One of the oldest names on the Maine Coast. Decision rendered on name because it is employed in the description of another geographic name—Royal River. See board's principle in Decisions No. 5, March 4, 1931. Corea: small harbor, on coast of Hancock County, Me., lat. 44° 24' N., 146885—33 long. 67° 58'.4 W. (Not Indian.) Name changed from Indian, when Corea post office was established. East Sister: peak, altitude G,866 feet, Shoshone County, Idaho, in NW. % sec. 18, T. 44 N., R. 7 E., Boise meridian, St. Joe National Forest. Gokcha: lake, Armenia, U. S. S. R. (Russia, Asiatic) ; Russ., Gokcha or Sevang: Armenian, Sevan t or Keg- harkunik.f (Not Gokebai nor Se- vanga.) ffokcliai: see Gokcha. Kackett: creek, Koyukuk River region, Alaska, a small north flowing tributary of Koyukuk River between Wild River and North Fork. Koyu-
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  • Like many rural areas, names of places within the Great Smoky Mountains were sometimes redundant or known by different names in different localities. In the 1930s, the National Park Service appointed a Nomenclature Committee from North Carolina and one from Tennessee to make recommendations to U.S. Geographic Board which decided upon “official” names for peaks, creeks, and roads. Photographer and park advocate, George Masa served on the North Carolina committee. Born Masahara Iizuka and raised in Japan, George Masa (1881-1933) emigrated to the U.S. when he was 20 years old and, in 1915, came to Asheville, where he lived the rest of his life. Masa was active in the Appalachian Trail Club and in the movement to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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