John Muir
John Muir (/ mjʊər /; April 21, 1838 -- December 24, 1914) also known as ``John of the Mountains '', was a Scottish - American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211 - mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor. Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir, Muir Grove, and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130 - mile - long route, was named in honor of him.
653 Berenike
653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 27, 1907, by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts. It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named.
Kerick Col
Kerick Col () is a col running north–south at between Gin Cove and Rum Cove, in the western part of James Ross Island, Antarctica. Crisscross Crags rise at the east side of the col. In association with names in this area from Kipling's "The Jungle Book", it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 after Kerick Booterin, chief of the seal hunters in "The White Seal".
James Dwight Dana House
The James Dwight Dana House, also known as the Dana House, is a historic 19th-century Italianate house at 24 Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States. This building, designed by New Haven architect Henry Austin, was the home of Yale University geology professor James Dwight Dana (1813–95). It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 for its association with Dana, who produced the first published works emphasizing that the study of geology was a much broader discipline than the examination of individual rocks.
Gaudin Point
Gaudin Point () is the eastern entrance point of Lauzanne Cove, Flandres Bay, on the Danco Coast of Antarctica. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. In association with the names of pioneers of photography in this area, the point was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (1977) after Marc Antoine Gaudin, a French photographer who took the first instantaneous photographs of moving objects in 1841.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Farmington Canal Trail is a rail trail that will eventually run continuously from downtown New Haven to Northampton, Massachusetts. The scenic trail follows the path of the historic New Haven and Northampton Company and the Farmington Canal. Currently, there is a continuous 14-mile (23 km) stretch of the trail from downtown, through Hamden and into Cheshire, making bicycle commuting between New Haven and those suburbs possible. The trail is part of the East Coast Greenway, a proposed 3,000-mile (4,800 km) bike path that would link every major city on the East Coast from Florida to Maine.
Ameghino Gully
Ameghino Gully () is a gully running east–west through the outcrops on the west side of Longing Peninsula, Nordenskjold Coast, Antarctica. The name derives from Refugio Ameghino, the Argentine refuge situated on the southwest side of Longing Gap and named in turn after Florentino Ameghino, Argentine geologist and anthropologist. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990.
2006 NBA Finals
The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2005 -- 06 National Basketball Association season. The Miami Heat won the title in six games over the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the third team -- after the 1969 Celtics and the 1977 Trail Blazers -- to win a championship after trailing 0 -- 2 in the series. Heat guard Dwyane Wade was named Most Valuable Player of the series.
Slocan Valley Rail Trail
The Slocan Valley Rail Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail located in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, namely the Slocan Valley.
Danvers, Minnesota
Danvers is a city in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 97 at the 2010 census. The community is named after Danvers, Massachusetts.
Oxford (village), New York
Oxford is a village in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Oxford, Massachusetts, the hometown of the landowner.
Topeka, Kansas
The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage sentence that means "place where we dug potatoes", or "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, "Topeka" was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose the name in 1855 because it "was novel, of Indian origin and euphonious of sound." The mixed-blood Kansa Native American, Joseph James, called Jojim, is credited with suggesting Topeka's name. The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city.
Lawrence Channel
Lawrence Channel () is a marine channel in Laubeuf Fjord, running north–south between Wyatt Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1984 after Captain Stuart J. Lawrence, Master of the British Antarctic Survey ship "Bransfield" for some years from 1974.
Mount Fedallah
Mount Fedallah () is a mountain approximately high, situated east of the Pip Cliffs, on the north side of Flask Glacier, in the south-east foothills of Madrid Dome in Aristotle Mountains, eastern Graham Land Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1987, after a crewman of the "Pequod" in association with other names from "Moby-Dick" in this area.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) (formerly Appalachian Trail Conference) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Appalachian Trail, a route in the eastern United States that runs from Maine to Georgia. Founded in 1925, the ATC works to protect the trail's , 250,000 acre (1,000 km²) greenway, and coordinates the work of some thirty hiking clubs performing trail maintenance.
USS Middlesex County (LST-983)
USS "Middlesex County" (LST-983) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Burley Griffin Way
Burley Griffin Way is a New South Wales state route, is located in south eastern Australia. Named after the American architect, Walter Burley Griffin, designer of the cities of Canberra and Griffith, the highway links the two cities via Yass and the Barton Highway.
Hatch Plain
Hatch Plain () is a small debris-covered area at about , on the eastern margin of the Du Toit Nunataks, in the Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Frederick H. Hatch (1864–1932), a British consulting geologist, and the author of standard textbooks on igneous and sedimentary petrology.
Spring Hill, Somerville, Massachusetts
Spring Hill is the name of a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it. It runs northwest to southeast, roughly bounded by Highland Avenue, Somerville Avenue, Elm Street, and Willow Avenue. Summer Street runs along the hill's crest.
Danalite
Danalite was first described in 1866 from a deposit in Essex County, Massachusetts and named for American mineralogist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895).
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What is Danalite named after?
James Dwight Dana
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New Haven
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Farmington Canal Trail