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REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. 



Alum; Pond, Sturbridge Town, Wor- 

 cester County, Mass. (Not Pookoo- 

 kapog. ) 



Alvada; Railroad Station, Seneca 

 County, Ohio. (Not Alveda.) 



Amami; Group and Island off the Chi- 

 nese coast, part of the Nansei Chain. 

 (Not Hokubu Shoto.) 



Amargosa; Range of Mountains, Inyo 

 County, Calif. 



Amargosa Desert; see Death Valley. 



Amatignak; Island, one of the An- 

 dreanof group, middle Aleutians, 

 Alaska. 



Amatnli; see East Amatuli. 



Amatuli Cove; Anchorage, East Ama- 

 tuli Island, Alaska. 



Amazon; River in South America, ris- 

 ing in the Peruvian Andes. (Not 

 Maranon, Orellana, Solimoens, nor 

 Solimoes.) 



AnibeUa; see Arabella. 



Ambesi; see Zambezi. 



AmbJer; see Montbrook. 



Ambrose; Channel, across Sandy Hook 

 Bar, New York Harbor, formerly 

 known as East Harbor, was re- 

 named Ambrose Channel by an act 

 of Congress approved June 6, 1900. 

 In that act it is "Provided, That the 

 so-called East Channel across Sandy 

 Hook Bar, New York Harbor, for 

 the improvement of which provision 

 was made by the river and harbor 

 act approved March 3, 1899, shall 

 hereafter be known as Ambrose 

 Channel." (Stat. L., 56th Cong., 1st 

 sess., pp. 588 and 627.) The name 

 "Ambrose " is here included, not as a 

 decision of the board, but as a de- 

 cision by Congress. 



Amchitka; Island, one of the Andre- 

 anof group, middle Aleutians, Alaska. 



Amdal; see Aurdal. 



Amelia; Lake near Minneapolis, Hen- 

 nepin County, Minn. (Not Emelia.) 



Amelia; see Arabella. 



American; Point, in sections 18 and 19, 

 T. 168 N., R. 33 W., Lake of the 

 Woods, Minn. (Not Lecair nor 

 Currys Fishery.) 



American Point; see Magnusons. 



American; Stream, tributary to Bump- 

 ing River, Yakima County, Wash. 

 (Not Miner Creek nor Miners Creek.) 



American Corners; District and Vil- 

 lage, Caroline County, Md. (Not 

 American Corner.) 



Ames Ripple; Light on Ohio River, 

 Woods County, W. Va. (Not Ames's 

 Ripple. ) 



Amicalola; Creek, Falls, Mountain, and 

 Village, Dawson County, Ga. (Not 

 Amicolohx nor Armacolola.) 



Amite; Town, Tangipahoa Parish, La. 

 (Not Amite City.) 



Amma; Group of Islands, lat. 35° 20' 

 N., long. 126° E., western coast of 

 Chosen (Korea). (Not Nansan nor 

 Nan san.) 



Ammerman; Mountain, spur of Da- 

 vidson Mountains, between Porcu- 

 pine and Malcolm Rivers, Interna- 

 tional Boundary (between Alaska 

 and Canada). 



Ammin; Island (To), lat. 36° 30' N., 

 long. 126° 23' E., western coast of 

 Chosen (Korea). (Not An-myon nor 

 Lindsay.) 



Amok; see Amook. 



Amook; Island, Uyak Bay, western 

 coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. 

 (Not Amok nor Amuk.) 



Amoy; Postal district, China. 



Ampliihious; see Beaver. 



Amran; see Omeira. 



Amu; River (the ancient Oxus) in 

 southern Russia, tributary to the 

 Aral Sea. (Not Amoo, Jihoon, nor 

 Sir Daria.) 



Amuk; see Amook. 



Amukta; Island and Pass, eastern 

 Aleutians, Alaska. (Not Amukhta.) 



Amur; Province and River, in eastern 

 Siberia. (Not Amoor, Amour, Mau- 

 gu, nor Sakhalin.) 



Amutei; Island (To), lat. 34° 50' N., 

 long. 126° 05' E., southwestern coast 

 of Chosen (Korea). (Not Amute 

 nor South Twin.) 



Atnzi; see Treadwell. 



