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.

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All labels observed (12)

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

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: geographical names authority
Generated description
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.

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
linked to: U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing
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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