Geonames Feature Typology
<h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="THLToolboxhomegtPlacesampGeographygtFeatureThesaurusgtGeonamesFeatureTypology" class="anchorpoint"></a><a href="/tools/wiki/home.html">THL Toolbox</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Places%20%26%20Geography.html">Places & Geography</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Feature%20Thesaurus.html">Feature Thesaurus</a> > Geonames Feature Typology</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="GeonamesFeatureThesaurusTypes" class="anchorpoint"></a>Geonames Feature Thesaurus Types</h3><p class="paragraph"><strong class="bold">Contributor(s)</strong>: David Germano edited Geonames list.</p><p class="paragraph">This was drawn in May 2008 from the www.geonames.org web site.
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="LandFormationsmountainhillrock" class="anchorpoint"></a>Land Formations (mountain, hill, rock…)</h3><ul class="star"><li>mountain</li>
<li>hill</li>
<li>island</li>
<li>valley</li>
<li>point</li>
<li>ridge(s)</li>
<li>cape</li>
<li>peak</li>
<li>pass</li>
<li>mountains</li>
<li>rock</li>
<li>hills</li>
<li>plain(s)</li>
<li>gap</li>
<li>slope(s)</li>
<li>cliff(s)</li>
<li>spur(s)</li>
<li>islands</li>
<li>beach</li>
<li>bar</li>
<li>rocks</li>
<li>dune(s)</li>
<li>depression(s)</li>
<li>peninsula</li>
<li>gorge(s)</li>
<li>headland</li>
<li>polder</li>
<li>upland</li>
<li>pan</li>
<li>sand area</li>
<li>mesa(s)</li>
<li>plateau</li>
<li>ford</li>
<li>mound(s)</li>
<li>escarpment</li>
<li>interdune trough(s)</li>
<li>section of island</li>
<li>bench</li>
<li>promontory(-ies)</li>
<li>levee</li>
<li>canyon</li>
<li>peaks</li>
<li>karst area</li>
<li>land-tied island</li>
<li>butte(s)</li>
<li>lava area</li>
<li>crater(s)</li>
<li>nunatak</li>
<li>sinkhole</li>
<li>volcano</li>
<li>cirque</li>
<li>terrace</li>
<li>spit</li>
<li>cone(s)</li>
<li>blowout(s)</li>
<li>atoll(s)</li>
<li>sandy desert</li>
<li>saddle</li>
<li>desert</li>
<li>dry stream bed</li>
<li>cleft(s)</li>
<li>talus slope</li>
<li>hammock(s)</li>
<li>isthmus</li>
<li>shore</li>
<li>nunataks</li>
<li>stony desert</li>
<li>valleys</li>
<li>artificial island</li>
<li>delta</li>
<li>blowhole(s)</li>
<li>fissure</li>
<li>beach ridge</li>
<li>fan(s)</li>
<li>pans</li>
<li>hanging valley</li>
<li>rock desert</li>
<li>section of peninsula</li>
<li>moraine</li>
<li>interfluve</li>
<li>beaches</li>
<li>cuesta(s)</li>
<li>points</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>divide</li>
<li>caldera</li>
<li>section of valley</li>
<li>cirques</li>
<li>boulder field</li>
<li>mangrove island</li>
<li>badlands</li>
<li>corridor</li>
<li>slide</li>
<li>asphalt lake</li>
<li>meander neck</li>
<li>section of plain</li>
<li>section of plateau</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="LandTypesforestheath" class="anchorpoint"></a>Land Types (forest, heath…)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>forest(s)</li>
<li>cultivated area</li>
<li>grassland</li>
<li>heath</li>
<li>scrubland</li>
<li>orchard(s)</li>
<li>coconut grove</li>
<li>meadow</li>
<li>vineyards</li>
<li>olive grove</li>
<li>vineyard</li>
<li>tree(s)</li>
<li>palm grove</li>
<li>bush(es)</li>
<li>tundra</li>
<li>fossilized forest</li>
<li>pine grove</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="AcquaticAreasstreamlake" class="anchorpoint"></a>Acquatic Areas (stream, lake…)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>stream</li>
<li>lake</li>
<li>reservoir(s)</li>
<li>intermittent stream</li>
<li>well</li>
<li>spring(s)</li>
<li>wadi</li>
<li>bay</li>
<li>canal</li>
<li>cove(s)</li>
<li>pond</li>
<li>swamp</li>
<li>channel</li>
<li>reef(s)</li>
<li>shoal(s)</li>
<li>inlet</li>
<li>waterhole(s)</li>
<li>rapids</li>
<li>marsh(es)</li>
<li>ravine(s)</li>
<li>glacier(s)</li>
<li>marine channel</li>
<li>harbor(s)</li>
<li>overfalls</li>
<li>irrigation canal</li>
<li>lakes</li>
<li>water tank</li>
<li>waterfall(s)</li>
<li>tidal creek(s)</li>
<li>pool(s)</li>
<li>ditch</li>
<li>wells</li>
<li>lagoon</li>
<li>fjord</li>
<li>bank(s)</li>
<li>intermittent lake</li>
<li>wetland</li>
<li>sabkha(s)</li>
<li>distributary(-ies)</li>
<li>strait</li>
<li>intermittent pond</li>
<li>bog(s)</li>
<li>drainage canal</li>
<li>stream mouth(s)</li>
<li>salt lake</li>
<li>sound</li>
<li>underground irrigation canal(s)</li>
<li>anchorage</li>
<li>anabranch</li>
<li>stream bend</li>
<li>bight(s)</li>
<li>navigation canal(s)</li>
<li>section of stream</li>
<li>canalized stream</li>
<li>intermittent wetland</li>
<li>moor(s)</li>
<li>estuary</li>
<li>oxbow lake</li>
<li>ponds</li>
<li>section of intermittent stream</li>
<li>tidal flat(s)</li>
<li>gulf</li>
<li>roadstead</li>
<li>lake bed(s)</li>
<li>section of lake</li>
<li>mud flat(s)</li>
<li>docking basin</li>
<li>sea</li>
<li>reach</li>
<li>headwaters</li>
<li>lake channel(s)</li>
<li>lost river</li>
<li>irrigation ditch</li>
<li>abandoned well</li>
<li>geyser</li>
<li>wadies</li>
<li>navigation channel</li>
<li>abandoned canal</li>
<li>narrows</li>
<li>crater lake</li>
<li>section of wadi</li>
<li>fishing area</li>
<li>aqueduct</li>
<li>abandoned watercourse</li>
<li>wadi mouth</li>
<li>salt marsh</li>
<li>wadi junction</li>
<li>salt evaporation ponds</li>
<li>dock(s)</li>
<li>fishponds</li>
<li>intermittent ponds</li>
<li>icecap</li>
<li>intermittent salt lake</li>
<li>confluence</li>
<li>salt pond</li>
<li>intermittent lakes</li>
<li>irrigation system</li>
<li>intermittent pool</li>
<li>hot spring(s)</li>
<li>section of canal</li>
<li>mangrove swamp</li>
<li>streams</li>
<li>intermittent oxbow lake</li>
<li>seaplane landing area</li>
<li>coral reef(s)</li>
<li>current</li>
<li>ocean</li>
<li>stream bank</li>
<li>salt lakes</li>
<li>intermittent reservoir</li>
<li>section of bank</li>
<li>drainage ditch</li>
<li>section of reef</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>watercourse</li>
<li>cutoff</li>
<li>section of harbor</li>
<li>icecap dome</li>
<li>section of lagoon</li>
<li>lagoons</li>
<li>whirlpool</li>
<li>salt ponds</li>
<li>wadi bend</li>
<li>section of waterfall(s)</li>
<li>fjords</li>
<li>ditch mouth(s)</li>
<li>bays</li>
<li>sulphur spring(s)</li>
<li>former inlet</li>
<li>canal bend</li>
<li>crater lakes</li>
<li>icecap depression</li>
<li>intermittent salt pond(s)</li>
<li>canal tunnel</li>
<li>underground lake</li>
<li>sill</li>
<li>icecap ridge</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="Undersea" class="anchorpoint"></a>Undersea</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>flat</li>
<li>shoals</li>
<li>basin</li>
<li>range</li>
<li>seamount</li>
<li>canyon</li>
<li>ledge</li>
<li>bank</li>
<li>ridge</li>
<li>reef</li>
<li>gully</li>
<li>trough</li>
<li>valley</li>
<li>knoll</li>
<li>tablemount (or guyot)</li>
<li>fracture zone</li>
<li>seamounts</li>
<li>rise</li>
<li>spur</li>
<li>shoal</li>
<li>plain</li>
<li>trench</li>
<li>plateau</li>
<li>escarpment (or scarp)</li>
<li>reefs</li>
<li>hill</li>
<li>seachannel</li>
<li>terrace</li>
<li>hole</li>
<li>gap</li>
<li>fan</li>
<li>mound</li>
<li>slope</li>
<li>shelf</li>
<li>banks</li>
<li>knolls</li>
<li>deep</li>
<li>saddle</li>
<li>canyons</li>
<li>hills</li>
<li>cordillera</li>
<li>sill</li>
<li>furrow</li>
<li>tongue</li>
<li>shelf valley</li>
<li>ridges</li>
<li>province</li>
<li>shelf edge</li>
<li>apron</li>
<li>seachannels</li>
<li>tablemounts (or guyots)</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>peak</li>
<li>borderland</li>
<li>mesa</li>
<li>arrugado</li>
<li>pinnacle</li>
<li>arch</li>
<li>moat</li>
<li>valleys</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="AdminisrativeAreascountrystateregion" class="anchorpoint"></a>Adminisrative Areas (country, state, region…)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>administrative division</li>
<li>fourth-order administrative division</li>
<li>second-order administrative division</li>
<li>third-order administrative division</li>
<li>first-order administrative division</li>
<li>independent political entity</li>
<li>parish</li>
<li>dependent political entity</li>
<li>political entity</li>
<li>territory</li>
<li>zone</li>
<li>semi-independent political entity</li>
<li>section of independent political entity</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>buffer zone</li>
<li>freely associated state</li>
<li>leased area</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="NonAdministrativeAreasparksarea" class="anchorpoint"></a>Non-Administrative Areas (parks, area…)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>locality</li>
<li>park</li>
<li>area</li>
<li>tribal area</li>
<li>oilfield</li>
<li>reservation</li>
<li>forest reserve</li>
<li>reserve</li>
<li>grazing area</li>
<li>region</li>
<li>field(s)</li>
<li>agricultural colony</li>
<li>nature reserve</li>
<li>salt area</li>
<li>oasis(-es)</li>
<li>port</li>
<li>irrigated field(s)</li>
<li>military base</li>
<li>industrial area</li>
<li>wildlife reserve</li>
<li>coast</li>
<li>business center</li>
<li>gasfield</li>
<li>snowfield</li>
<li>clearing</li>
<li>master source holdings list</li>
<li>hunting reserve</li>
<li>housing development</li>
<li>drainage basin</li>
<li>maneuver area</li>
<li>mining area</li>
<li>coalfield</li>
<li>naval base</li>
<li>agricultural reserve</li>
<li>gravel area</li>
<li>economic regio</li>
<li>concession area</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>continent</li>
<li>common</li>
<li>palm tree reserve</li>
<li>artillery range</li>
<li>peat cutting area</li>
<li>battlefield</li>
<li>arctic land</li>
<li>quicksand</li>
<li>petroleum basin</li>
<li>amusement park</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="TransportationRoutesroadrailroad" class="anchorpoint"></a>Transportation Routes (road, railroad)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>trail</li>
<li>tunnel</li>
<li>road</li>
<li>portage</li>
<li>railroad</li>
<li>road junction</li>
<li>railroad tunnel</li>
<li>railroad junction</li>
<li>street</li>
<li>causeway</li>
<li>road tunnel</li>
<li>road bend</li>
<li>railroad yard</li>
<li>caravan route</li>
<li>abandoned railroad</li>
<li>oil pipeline</li>
<li>ancient road</li>
<li>road cut</li>
<li>promenade</li>
<li>stock route</li>
<li>tunnels</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>natural tunnel</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="HumanSettlementscityvillage" class="anchorpoint"></a>Human Settlements (city, village…)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>populated place</li>
<li>section of populated place</li>
<li>populated locality</li>
<li>abandoned populated place</li>
<li>destroyed populated place</li>
<li>seat of a first-order administrative division</li>
<li>israeli settlement</li>
<li>capital of a political entity</li>
<li>populated places</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>religious populated place</li>
<li>seat of government of a political entity</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="BuildingsComplexesspotbuildingfarm" class="anchorpoint"></a>Buildings/Complexes (spot, building, farm)</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><ul class="star"><li>church</li>
<li>school</li>
<li>farm</li>
<li>cemetery</li>
<li>hotel</li>
<li>dam</li>
<li>building(s)</li>
<li>mine(s)</li>
<li>farmstead</li>
<li>railroad station</li>
<li>post office</li>
<li>airport</li>
<li>house(s)</li>
<li>tower</li>
<li>ranch(es)</li>
<li>estate(s)</li>
<li>hospital</li>
<li>ruin(s)</li>
<li>farms</li>
<li>shrine</li>
<li>bridge</li>
<li>tomb(s)</li>
<li>airfield</li>
<li>triangulation station</li>
<li>railroad stop</li>
<li>hut</li>
<li>camp(s)</li>
<li>country house</li>
<li>castle</li>
<li>railroad siding</li>
<li>mission</li>
<li>meteorological station</li>
<li>fort</li>
<li>ancient site</li>
<li>mosque</li>
<li>cave(s)</li>
<li>monastery</li>
<li>huts</li>
<li>autmatic teller machine</li>
<li>market</li>
<li>section of estate</li>
<li>bank</li>
<li>temple(s)</li>
<li>landing</li>
<li>mill(s)</li>
<li>storehouse</li>
<li>police post</li>
<li>facility center</li>
<li>resthouse</li>
<li>cairn</li>
<li>lighthouse</li>
<li>arch</li>
<li>resort</li>
<li>grave</li>
<li>golf course</li>
<li>factory</li>
<li>historical site</li>
<li>abandoned farm</li>
<li>oil palm plantation</li>
<li>rubber plantation</li>
<li>abandoned airfield</li>
<li>beacon</li>
<li>abandoned railroad station</li>
<li>stable</li>
<li>monument</li>
<li>abandoned mine</li>
<li>museum</li>
<li>patrol post</li>
<li>boundary marker</li>
<li>corral(s)</li>
<li>administrative facility</li>
<li>stadium</li>
<li>power station</li>
<li>forest station</li>
<li>guest house</li>
<li>nursery(-ies)</li>
<li>sugar mill</li>
<li>halting place</li>
<li>tea plantation</li>
<li>agricultural facility</li>
<li>pier</li>
<li>spa</li>
<li>sheepfold</li>
<li>cattle dipping tank</li>
<li>quay</li>
<li>religious center</li>
<li>communication center</li>
<li>college</li>
<li>dairy</li>
<li>barracks</li>
<li>wharf(-ves)</li>
<li>border post</li>
<li>astronomical station</li>
<li>labor camp</li>
<li>garden(s)</li>
<li>windmill</li>
<li>square</li>
<li>quarry(-ies)</li>
<li>sawmill</li>
<li>religious site</li>
<li>hydroelectric power station</li>
<li>palace</li>
<li>pagoda</li>
<li>coal mine(s)</li>
<li>sugar plantation</li>
<li>gate</li>
<li>courthouse</li>
<li>experiment station</li>
<li>water mill</li>
<li>dike</li>
<li>refugee camp</li>
<li>ferry</li>
<li>breakwater</li>
<li>priso</li>
<li>facilit</li>
<li>customs post</li>
<li>oil pumping station</li>
<li>gold mine(s)</li>
<li>radio station</li>
<li>oil pipeline terminal</li>
<li>water pumping station</li>
<li>logging camp</li>
<li>community center</li>
<li>convent</li>
<li>united states government establishment</li>
<li>jetty</li>
<li>sanatorium</li>
<li>clinic</li>
<li>university</li>
<li>lock(s)</li>
<li>mining camp</li>
<li>mole</li>
<li>military installation</li>
<li>racetrack</li>
<li>agricultural school</li>
<li>wreck</li>
<li>marina</li>
<li>zoo</li>
<li>sub-surface dam</li>
<li>scientific research base</li>
<li>airbase</li>
<li>sugar refinery</li>
<li>oil refinery</li>
<li>railroad signal</li>
<li>retreat</li>
<li>heliport</li>
<li>cannery</li>
<li>phosphate works</li>
<li>sluice</li>
<li>undefined</li>
<li>former sugar mill</li>
<li>leprosarium</li>
<li>oil well</li>
<li>pyramid</li>
<li>abandoned camp</li>
<li>waterworks</li>
<li>copper mine(s)</li>
<li>coast guard station</li>
<li>observatory</li>
<li>veterinary facility</li>
<li>abandoned police post</li>
<li>iron mine(s)</li>
<li>gas-oil separator plant</li>
<li>customs house</li>
<li>dockyard</li>
<li>athletic field</li>
<li>dry dock</li>
<li>chrome mine(s)</li>
<li>weir(s)</li>
<li>observation point</li>
<li>wall</li>
<li>abandoned oil well</li>
<li>oil camp</li>
<li>hermitage</li>
<li>dispensary</li>
<li>tank farm</li>
<li>military school</li>
<li>research institute</li>
<li>rookery</li>
<li>ore treatment plant</li>
<li>inspection station</li>
<li>boatyard</li>
<li>medical center</li>
<li>theater</li>
<li>abandoned railroad stop</li>
<li>park gate</li>
<li>brewery</li>
<li>leper colony</li>
<li>burial cave(s)</li>
<li>salt mine(s)</li>
<li>baling station</li>
<li>fuel depot</li>
<li>space center</li>
<li>amphitheater</li>
<li>whaling station</li>
<li>park headquarters</li>
<li>pyramids</li>
<li>opera house</li>
<li>olive oil mill</li>
<li>parking lot</li>
<li>atomic center</li>
<li>restaurant</li>
<li>nickel mine(s)</li>
<li>abandoned factory</li>
<li>free trade zone</li>
<li>casino</li>
<li>foundry</li>
<li>metro station</li>
<li>steps</li>
<li>ancient wall</li>
<li>lead mine(s)</li>
<li>reformatory</li>
<li>oil pipeline junction</li>
<li>limekiln</li>
<li>Bus Station</li>
<li>novitiate</li>
<li>asylum</li>
<li>maritime school</li>
<li>copper works</li>
<li>ruined bridge</li>
<li>radio observatory</li>
<li>placer mine(s)</li>
<li>ruined dam</li>
<li>abandoned mission</li>
<li>mall</li>
<li>spillway</li>
<li>abandoned prison</li>
<li>munitions plant</li>
<li>satellite station</li>
<li>sisal plantation</li>
<li>library</li></ul><p class="paragraph">
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