Gap vs Pass vs Notch vs Saddle

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John Nelson downloaded an extraordinarily large text file containing named places from the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. He then imported this data as XY coordinates into an ArcGIS Pro geodatabase, resulting in a map containing 2.3 million dots.

United States Board on Geographic Names’ Named Places

Following this, he generated maps highlighting places with names containing the words “Gap,” “Pass,” “Notch,” and “Saddle.”

“Gap”

“Pass”

“Notch”

“Saddle”

“Gap” vs “Pass” vs “Notch” vs “Saddle”