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All the images in this thread are geographic features from the US National Map (apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer) whose names are officially recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names: www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-...
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NeuroWinter
@neurowinter.bsky.social
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Shag point is off the cards today because earlier I found myself at Cape Foulwind
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Ben from Crudely Drawn Swords
@glenatron.bsky.social
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Toothless Waterhole sounds fine bit I don't like what it implies about every other waterhole.
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LukeTheYeti
@luketheyeti.bsky.social
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In Washington one of the more popular alpine lake hikes is to Lake 22.
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Kieran
@kierbear.bsky.social
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new zealand has the avenue of the disappearing mountain, where an optical illusion causes the mountain ahead of you to get smaller as you approach, but an invisible mountain is slightly more impressive.
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Libra Monkee
@libramonkee.bsky.social
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Good to see an accessible trail for the visually impaired.
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David Monniaux
@monniauxd.bsky.social
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Did you know Grand Teton means Big Tit in French?
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marlo
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this is from google maps but i know it’s real and it’s the Actual Name in Nimiarkisto, which is maintained by the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. it basically means “the island shit [into existence] by Saara”
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Chessboard Man The Ancient One
@chessboardman.bsky.social
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The most worrying one is the toothless waterhole. Is Teeth a common feature of waterholes over there?
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Clint
@eaglepursuit.bsky.social
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Colin Gerbode
@brainguy63.bsky.social
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Why am I inclined to be SUPER skeptical of Toothless Waterhole?
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Pseudandry
@pseudandry.bsky.social
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It's the gift that keeps on giving
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Matt Lisiak
@bocoroth.bsky.social
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Little Road Run vs Little Run Road
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Steve with a Q
@stevewithaq.bsky.social
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I don't see what's funny about Invisible Mountain...
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Mike Cozens
@michaelccozens.bsky.social
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I prefer my waterholes heavily toothed.
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Alyos nōmṇ yāmi
@picknamealready.bsky.social
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I'm sure this brook is very nice.
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Robert Rosenthal
@robertrosenthal.bsky.social
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I wonder whether Joe and His Dog Hill is a heartwarming tribute to a beloved local figure who took daily walks with his dog up that hill, or part of a sinister legend of the discovery of the skeletons of a man and a dog.
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Steve Jeffery 🍸😷📚
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Part of my regular commute 'til we switched to home working.
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@ph7831.bsky.social
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We can see it !
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Sinboy
@sinboy.bsky.social
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Can you please direct me to Spring Of Drowned Girl?
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Heath Waddingham
@waddingham.bsky.social
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Very interesting names and all, but what's catching my eye...is that a contour line in the middle of a water body? Like, the water forms a mound? Is gravity different there?
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wet beast
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all of these feel plausible to exist in virginia
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Tyler Grambling
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When I was TAing a structural geology class in grad school, the senior & very southern professor explained in detail to the class how he had named Chunky Gal Mountain in western North Carolina after a “voluptuous young woman [he] once knew.” One of them turned an impressive shade of beet red.
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