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Title: U.S. Summits (Geographic Names Information System), 2018

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1981
  • Coverage: 2018

Publishers

  • Esri

Summary

U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits represents the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature and contains information about the proper names and locations of physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public.

Subjects

  • Elevation
  • Environment
  • United States
  • U.S. Commonwealths
  • U.S. Freely Associated States
  • U.S. Territories
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-178.791667, 179.831667, 70.492778, -14.3575)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-178.791667, 179.831667, 70.492778, -14.3575)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

United States Geological Survey, Esri. U.S. Summits (Geographic Names Information System), 2018. Esri. Point data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-pv63g439s

Format

Shapefile