REPOET OF THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. 
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*Al8ea; Precinct and Village, Benton 
County; River, Benton and Lincoln 
Counties; and Precinct, Lincoln Coun- 
ty, Oreg. (Not Alseya.) 
Alsek; River in Southeastern Alaska. 
(Not Altsek nor Altsekh.) 
Alseya; see Alsea. 
Alta Yeen Oola; see Altai. 
Altai; Group of Mountains in Siberia, 
lying between the sources of the Irtish 
and Yenisei Rivers, Asia. (Not Alta 
Yeen Oola.) 
Alteman; Altemans; see Aultmans. 
Alton; Bay, southern side of Winnepe- 
saukee Lake, Belknap County, N. H. 
(Not Merrymeeting.) 
Alum; Hill, Sheffield Town, Berkshire 
County, Mass. (NotAllum.) 
Alum; Pond, Sturb ridge Town, Worcester 
County, Mass. (Not Pookookapog. ) 
Alvada; Railroad Station, Seneca 
County, Ohio. (Not Alveda.) 
Am.ami; Group and Island off the Chi- 
nese coast, part of the Nan?ei Chain. 
(Not Hokubu Shoto.) 
Amargosa; Range of Mountains, Inyo 
County, Cal. 
Amargosa Desert; see Death Valley. 
Amatigaak; Island, one of the An- 
dreanof group, middle Aleutians, 
Alaska. 
Amatuli; see East Amatuli. 
Amatuli Cove; Anchorage, East Amatuli 
Island, Alaska. 
Ambella; see Arabella. 
Ambezi; see Zambezi. 
Ambler; see Montbrook. 
Am.azon; River in South America, rising 
in the Peruvian Andes. (Not Maranon, 
Orellana, Solimoens, nor Solimoes.) 
Am.brose; Channel, across Sandy Hook 
Bar, New York Harbor, formerly known 
as East Harbor, was renamed Ambrose 
Channel by an act of Congress approved 
June 6, 1900. In that act it is "Pro- 
vided, That the so-called East Channel 
• across Sandy Hook Bar, New York Har- 
bor, for the improvement of which pro- 
vision was made by the river and harbor 
act approved March 3, 1899, shall here 
after 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 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. 
American; Point, in sections 18 and 19, 
T. 168 N., R. 33 W., Lake of the Woods, 
Minn. (Not Lecair nor Currys Fish- 
ery.) 
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, 
Washington County , Ohio. (Not Ames's 
Ripple.) 
Amicalola; Creek, Falls, Mountain, and 
Village, Dawson County, Ga. (Not 
Amicolola nor Armacolola.) 
Amite; Town, Tangipahoa Parish, La. 
(Not Amite City.) 
Am ma; Group of Islands, lat. 35° 20'' N., 
long. 126° E., western coast of Chosen 
(Korea). (Not Nansan nor Nan san.) 
Ammerman; Mountain, spur of David- 
son Mountains, between Porcupine and 
Malcolm Rivers, International Bound- 
ary (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.) 
Am.oy; Postal district, China. 
Amphibious; see Beaver. 
Amran; see Omeira. 
Amu; River (the ancient Oxus) in south- 
ern Russia, tributary to the Aral Sea' 
(Not Amoo, Jihoon, nor Sir Daria.) 
Amuk; see Amook. 
Amukta; Island and Pass, eastern Aleu- 
tians, Alaska. (Not Amukhta.) 
Amur; Province and River, in eastern 
Siberia. (Not Amoor, Amour, Maugu, 
nor Sakhalin.) 
Amutei; Island (To), lat. 34° 50' N., long. 
126° 05' E., south wester coast of 
Chosen (Korea). (Not Amute nor 
South Twin.) 
