REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. 



riaaterkiU; Plaaier skill; see Platte- 

 kill. 



Placer; Creek, T. 63 N., R. 2 E., tribu- 

 tary to Moyie River near Meadow 

 Creelv Village from east, Boundary 

 County, Idaho. (Not Ranger.) 



Placer; Peak (altitude 5,255 feet), 

 sees. 13, 14, 23, and 24, T. 47 N., R. 

 4 E., on St. Joe-Coeur d'Alene Di- 

 vide, near head of Placer Creek, 

 Shoshone County, Idaho. 



Placer; River, tributary to head of 

 Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska. 

 (Not Glacier.) 



*Plain Grove; Township and Village, 

 Lawrence County, Pa. (Not Plain- 

 grove. ) 



Plainfield; see Plainville. 



Plain ville; Village, Adams County, 

 Wis. (Not Plainfield.) 



Plains; City, Meade County, Kans. 

 (Not West Plains.) 



Plantain; Mountain and Pond, Mount 

 Washington Town, Berkshire Coun- 

 ty, Mass. (Not Plantin.) 



Plata; River, South America. (Not 

 Plate nor Rio de la Plata.) 



Plata; see La Plata. 



Plateau of Arizona; area bounded on 

 the north by the Grand Canyon of 

 the Colorado, on the east by the 

 desert of the Little Colorado, on the 

 south by the MogoUon Escarpment, 

 and on the west by Aubrey Cliffs, 

 and includes several minor plateaus, 

 whose names have become fixed by 

 local usage, as follows : Coconino 

 Plateau, in the northeastern corner 

 immediately south of the Grand 

 Canyon ; San Francisco Mountain 

 Plateau, in the center of the area ; 

 and the Mogollon Mesa, which ex- 

 tends along the southern edge of 

 the plateau rim from northwest to 

 southeast as far as the Arizona- 

 New Mexico boundary. 



Plateau Region; the plateaus of the 

 Colorado River and its branches, 

 limited] on the east by the Rocky 

 Mountains, on the west by the Wa- 

 satch Range, and extending from the 

 south end of the Wasatch southwest- 

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ward to Virgin River and down that 

 river to its mouth ; thence southeast- 

 ward and eastward to the east 

 boundary of Arizona, following the 

 escapement of the Colorado Pla- 

 teau, and including on the north the 

 Green River Basin. 



Plato; see Pori. 



Piatt; see La Platte. 



Piatt Clove; see Plaat Clove. 



Platte; Mountain, lat 39" 15' N., long. 

 105° 07' W., Douglas County, Colo. 

 (Not Camel's Back, Devil's Head, 

 nor Warrens Crag.) 



Platte Junction; see Wolhurst. 



Plattekill; Clove and Creek, Ulster 

 and Greene Counties, N. Y. (Not 

 Plaaterkill.) 



Plattekill; Town, Ulster County, N. 

 Y. (Not Plaaterskill.) 



Plattford; Precinct, Sarpy County, 

 Nebr. (Not Platford.) 



Plattville; Township, Mills County, 

 Iowa. (Not Plattsville.) 



Pleasant; Valley, western Fresno 

 County, Calif. (The valley or basin 

 in which Coalinga is situated.) 



Pleasant; see Morman Lake. 



Pleasant Mound; Township, Blue 

 Earth County, Minn. (Not Pleasant 

 Mounds.) 



Pleasant Valley; see Pleasants. 



Pleasantdale; Railroad Station, Sew- 

 ard County, Nebr. (Not Pleasant 

 Dale.) 



Pleasanton; see Loop. 



Pleasants; Creek, flowing through 

 Pleasants Valley, Solano County, 

 Calif. (Not Pleasant VaUey.) 



Pleasants; Valley, west of Putnam 

 Peak, Solano County, Calif. 



Pleasants; see Miller. 



Pleiades; Group of Islands in Knight 

 Island Passage, off the southwest 

 end of Knight Island, Alaska. (Not 

 Seven Sisters nor Sisters.) 



Pleito; Creek, Kern County, Calif. 

 (Not Plata, Plato, nor Pieto.) 



Pluckemin; Town, Somerset County, 

 N. J. (Not Pluckamin.) 



Plum; Creek, Fall River County, S. 

 Dak. (Not Plumb.) 



