The Peabody Museum of Natural History, located at Yale University in New Haven, CT, offers a comprehensive database known as the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). This database contains over 1.2 million records of labeled features found on topographic maps, providing valuable information for resolving locality issues with museum specimens, particularly historical material.
Developed in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, the Peabody version of the GNIS focuses on core data that is most useful for researchers and scholars. With information on a wide range of features, from populated places and schools to reservoirs and ridges, the Peabody Museum's GNIS database serves as a valuable resource for educational and scholarly purposes.
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