Foreign Names Committee

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committee specialized body subcommittee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names

The Foreign Names Committee is a specialized body within the U.S. Board on Geographic Names responsible for standardizing and approving official names for geographic features outside the United States.

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Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	committee ⓘ specialized body ⓘ subcommittee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names ⓘ
appliesTo	geographic features outside the United States ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Domestic Names Committee ⓘ U.S. federal mapping agencies ⓘ U.S. intelligence and defense agencies ⓘ international geographic names authorities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	cartography ⓘ geographic names ⓘ geography ⓘ toponymy ⓘ
follows	policies of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	foreign geographic names used in U.S. government publications ⓘ foreign geographic names used on U.S. government maps ⓘ
hasScope	worldwide geographic features outside U.S. territory ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
locatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
operatedBy	United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ surface form: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
parentOrganization	United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ surface form: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
partOf	United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ surface form: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
product	official U.S. government names for foreign geographic features ⓘ standardized foreign geographic names ⓘ
purpose	approval of official names for geographic features outside the United States ⓘ provide uniform foreign geographic names for U.S. government use ⓘ standardization of foreign geographic names ⓘ
regulatesUseOf	standard foreign geographic names in U.S. government ⓘ
responsibleFor	maintaining consistency in foreign geographic names across U.S. government agencies ⓘ resolving conflicts in foreign geographic name usage within the U.S. government ⓘ
subjectOf	U.S. government geographic names guidelines ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ
worksOn	foreign geographic names policy ⓘ romanization systems for non-Roman scripts ⓘ standard spellings of foreign place names ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Domestic Names Committee → cooperatesWith → Foreign Names Committee ⓘ

U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing → hasSubdivision → Foreign Names Committee ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Board on Geographic Names