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local usage for a feature previously unnamed on maps and charts is invariably approved 

 without change; exceptions are when it is in the possessive form, indecent, objectionably 

 inappropriate, and sometimes to restore an original spelling or a name with a historic 

 background. 



1672. Cases That Should Be Submitted to the Board 



Most geographic names may be used without being submitted to the Board on 

 Geographical Names for a decision. Among these are the following, when they are 

 not known to be in disagreement or in conflict with the principles adopted bj^ the Board: 



Names used on federal maps and charts published since 1920. 



Names in undisputed local usage. 



Names which have been "provisionally adopted" by the Board. (Baker's Geographic Dictionary 

 of Alaska, Special Report on Geographic Names in the Philippine Islands published in 1901, and the 

 Atlas of the Philippine Islands published in 1900, have been provisionally adopted.) 



Official names of post offices appearing in the United States Postal Guide. 



Names of structural features such as highways, bridges, and lighthouses. 



Names in undisputed usage except for errors that are acknowledged as such, or are obviously 

 typographical or accidental. 



The following classes of names are to be submitted to the Board for a decision: 



All new names recommended for previously unnamed features. 



New names for previously named features and old names that are to be applied to features 

 differing from the original ones. 



Names for which there is an existing decision of the Board which appears to be incorrect or in- 

 adequate from latest information. 



Names whose usages differ in federal or other publications, or whose local usage differs from 

 published usage. 



Names of towns and villages which differ from the names of the post offices or railroad stations 

 located therein. 



Names of places (cities, towns, villages, and settlements) which are duplicated within the same 

 State. 



Although not obligatory, it is generally desirable to submit the following types of 

 cases to the Board for a decision: 



Names of natural features which are likely to cause confusion through duplication. 



Names for which there are existing decisions of the Board concerning which important new evidence 

 has been brought forth or which it is believed might be revised if reconsidered. 



Names for which there are existing decisions or names in undisputed use that are not spelled 

 in accordance with their derivation or that are objectionable because they are awkward, misleading, 

 or difficult to spell or pronounce. 



Field survey parties are not to submit requests for decisions on geographic names 

 direct to the Board on Geographical Names. All such requests are prepared in the 

 Washington Office after the survey sheets and reports have been received and the 

 geographic names have been reviewed. 



168. Terminology for Submarine Relief 



The following terminology should be used in referring to unnamed features that 

 conform with the definitions, or when recommending new names for previously un- 

 named features. The definitions are intended to standardize usage in surveying and 

 charting and have no legal significance. The features defined have been broadly 

 divided into primary and secondary features. The primary features are, in general, 

 major deep-sea or continental marginal features of considerable magnitude, the terms 

 for which have attained international usage in recent years. The secondary features 



