geographical names authority

C2077
concept

A geographical names authority is an entity or system responsible for standardizing, maintaining, and providing authoritative information on the official names and spellings of geographic places.

All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
gazetteer 4
toponymic authority 4
geographical names authority canonical 3

Instances (18)

Instance Via concept surface
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names standard for geographic names
Foreign Names Committee subcommittee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Geographic Names Information System geographic names database
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature planetary nomenclature catalog
Synonymia Geographica toponymic dictionary
FrenchPlaceNames GeographicalNameSystem
Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission national naming authority
Toponymy Commission toponymic authority
Imperial Gazetteer of India gazetteer
U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing
surface form: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica gazetteer
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names toponymic authority
US BGN toponymic authority
Advisory Committee on Undersea Features geographic names authority
Limits of Oceans and Seas gazetteer
Antarctic place-names authorities
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States gazetteer