REPORT OF BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
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Allamuchy; mountain, pond, and town¬ 
ship, Warren county, N. J. (Not Ala- 
muche.) 
Allart; see Machos Grandes. 
Allegany; township, Potter county, Pa. 
Allegheny; mountains and river in east¬ 
ern United States. (Not Allegany nor 
Alleghany.) 
Allegrippis; ridge, Huntingdon county, 
Pa. (Not Allegrippes nor Allegripus.) 
Allenbridge; town, Greene county, 
Tenn. (Not Allen’s Bridge, Cooter’s 
Bridge, nor Gurley’s Bridge.) 
Allentown; see Camp Springs. 
Allimatona; see Pottersville. 
Alloway; creek and village, Salem 
county, N. J. (Not Alloways.) 
Alloway; landing on Mississippi river, 
Adams county, Miss. (NotAllawa.) 
Alloway; township, Salem county, N. J. i 
(Not Upper Alloways Creek.) 
Allum; see Alum. 
Alluwe; town, Cherokee Nation, Ind. T. 
(Not Al-lu-we.) 
Almon; town, Newton county, Ga. (Not 
Almond.) 
Alomata; see Alamota. 
Alplaus; kill (or creek) and village, 
Schenectady county, N. Y. (Not Aal- 
plaus.) 
Alsek; river in southeastern Alaska. 
(Not Altsek nor Altsekh.) 
Alseya; precinct, river, and town, Ben- ; 
ton county, Oregon. (Not Alsea.) 
Alteman; Altemans; see Aultmans. 
Alum; hill in town of Sheffield, Berk¬ 
shire county, Mass. (Not Allum.) 
Alvada; R. R. station, Seneca county, 
Ohio. (Not Alveda.) 
Amargosa; range, Inyo county, Cal. 
Amargosa Desert; see Death Valley. 
Amatignak; island, one of.the Andre¬ 
anof group, middle Aleutians, Alaska. 
Arabella; see Arabella. 
Ambezi; see Zambezi. 
Ambler; see Montbrook. 
Ambrose; the channel across Sandy 
Hook bar, New York harbor, formerly 
known as East Harbor, was renamed 
Ambrose Channel by an act of Con¬ 
gress 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 improve¬ 
ment of which provision was made 
by the river and harbor Act, ap¬ 
proved March third, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-nine, shall hereafter be 
known as Ambrose Channel.” (Stat. 
L., 56th Cong., 1st sess., pp. 588 and 
627.) The name Ambrose is here in¬ 
cluded, not as a decision of the Board, 
but as a decision by Congress. 
Amchitka; island, one of the Andreanof 
group, middle Aleutians, Alaska. 
Amdal; see Aurdal. 
Amelia; lake near Minneapolis, Henne 
pin county, Minn. (Not Emelia.) 
Amelia; see Arabella. 
America; city, Nemaha county, Kans. 
(Not America City.) 
American; stream, Yakima county, 
Wash. (Not Miner Creek nor Miners 
Creek.) 
American Corners; district and village, 
Caroline county, Md. (Not American 
Corner.) 
Ames Ripple; light on Ohio river, 
Washington county, Ohio. (Not Ames’ 
Ripple.) 
Amicalola; creek, falls, mountain, and 
town, Dawson county, Ga. (Not Ami- 
colola nor Armacolola.) 
Amite; county seat of Tangipahoa par¬ 
ish, La. (Not Amite City.) 
Amphibious; see Beaver. 
Amu; river (the ancient Ox us) in south¬ 
ern Russia, tributary to Aral sea. (Not 
Amoo, Jihoon, nor Sir Daria.) 
Amukta; island and pass, eastern Aleu¬ 
tians, Alaska. (Not Amukhta.) 
Amur; province and river, in eastern 
Siberia. (Not Amoor, Amour, Maugu, 
nor Sakhalin.) 
Amzi; see Treadwell. 
Anacostia; river, D. C. and Md. (Not 
Eastern Branch.) 
Anam; a French possession in Asia, east 
of Siam. (NotAnnam.) 
Anchor; passage in Behm canal between 
Bell island and the mainland, SE. 
Alaska. (Not Anchorage.) 
Andreafski; settlement on the lower 
Yukon river, Alaska. 
Andreanof; group of the middle Aleu¬ 
tian islands, Alaska. (Not Andreanow- 
sky.) 
