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"P", "name": "capital of a political entity", "description": "capital of a political entity"}, {"code": "RTE", "category": "R", "name": "caravan route", "description": "the route taken by caravans"}, {"code": "CSNO", "category": "S", "name": "casino", "description": "a building used for entertainment, especially gambling"}, {"code": "CSTL", "category": "S", "name": "castle", "description": "a large fortified building or set of buildings"}, {"code": "TNKD", "category": "S", "name": "cattle dipping tank", "description": "a small artificial pond used for immersing cattle in chemically treated water for disease control"}, {"code": "CSWY", "category": "R", "name": "causeway", "description": "a raised roadway across wet ground or shallow water"}, {"code": "CAVE", "category": "S", "name": "cave(s)", "description": "an underground passageway or chamber, or cavity on the side of a cliff"}, {"code": "CMTY", "category": "S", "name": "cemetery", "description": "a burial place or ground"}, {"code": "CHN", "category": "H", "name": "channel", "description": "the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows"}, {"code": "MNCR", "category": "S", "name": "chrome mine(s)", "description": "a mine where chrome ore is extracted"}, {"code": "CH", "category": "S", "name": "church", "description": "a building for public Christian worship"}, {"code": "CRQ", "category": "T", "name": "cirque", "description": "a bowl-like hollow partially surrounded by cliffs or steep slopes at the head of a glaciated valley"}, {"code": "CRQS", "category": "T", "name": "cirques", "description": "bowl-like hollows partially surrounded by cliffs or steep slopes at the head of a glaciated valley"}, {"code": "CLG", "category": "L", "name": "clearing", "description": "an area in a forest with trees removed"}, {"code": "CFT", "category": "T", "name": "cleft(s)", "description": "a deep narrow slot, notch, or groove in a coastal cliff"}, {"code": "CLF", "category": "T", "name": "cliff(s)", "description": "a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area"}, {"code": "HSPC", "category": "S", "name": "clinic", "description": "a medical facility associated with a hospital for outpatients"}, {"code": "MNC", "category": "S", "name": "coal mine(s)", "description": "a mine where coal is extracted"}, {"code": "COLF", "category": "L", "name": "coalfield", "description": "a region in which coal deposits of possible economic value occur"}, {"code": "CST", "category": "L", "name": "coast", "description": "a zone of variable width straddling the shoreline"}, {"code": "STNC", "category": "S", "name": "coast guard station", "description": "a facility from which the coast is guarded by armed vessels"}, {"code": "GRVC", "category": "V", "name": "coconut grove", "description": "a planting of coconut trees"}, {"code": "SCHC", "category": "S", "name": "college", "description": "the grounds and buildings of an institution of higher learning"}, {"code": "CMN", "category": "L", "name": "common", "description": "a park or pasture for community use"}, {"code": "COMC", "category": "S", "name": "communication center", "description": "a facility, including buildings, antennae, towers and electronic equipment for receiving and transmitting information"}, {"code": "CTRCM", "category": "S", "name": "community center", "description": "a facility for community recreation and other activities"}, {"code": "CNS", "category": "L", "name": "concession area", "description": "a lease of land by a government for economic development, e.g., mining, forestry"}, {"code": "CONE", "category": "T", "name": "cone(s)", "description": "a conical landform composed of mud or volcanic material"}, {"code": "CNFL", "category": "H", "name": "confluence", "description": "a place where two or more streams or intermittent streams flow together"}, {"code": "CRSU", "category": "U", "name": "continental rise", "description": "a gentle slope rising from oceanic depths towards the foot of a continental slope"}, {"code": "CVNT", "category": "S", "name": "convent", "description": "a building where a community of nuns lives in seclusion"}, {"code": "MNCU", "category": "S", "name": "copper mine(s)", "description": "a mine where copper ore is extracted"}, {"code": "MFGCU", "category": "S", "name": "copper works", "description": "a facility for processing copper ore"}, {"code": "RFC", "category": "H", "name": "coral reef(s)", "description": "a surface-navigation hazard composed of coral"}, {"code": "CRRL", "category": "S", "name": "corral(s)", "description": "a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing animals"}, {"code": "CRDR", "category": "T", "name": "corridor", "description": "a strip or area of land having significance as an access way"}, {"code": "ESTC", "category": "S", "name": "cotton plantation", "description": "an estate specializing in the cultivation of cotton"}, {"code": "HSEC", "category": "S", "name": "country house", "description": "a large house, mansion, or chateau, on a large estate"}, {"code": "CTHSE", "category": "S", "name": "courthouse", "description": "a building in which courts of law are held"}, {"code": "COVE", "category": "H", "name": "cove(s)", "description": "a small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay"}, {"code": "LKC", "category": "H", "name": "crater lake", "description": "a lake in a crater or caldera"}, {"code": "LKSC", "category": "H", "name": "crater lakes", "description": "lakes in a crater or caldera"}, {"code": "CRTR", "category": "T", "name": "crater(s)", "description": "a generally circular saucer or bowl-shaped depression caused by volcanic or meteorite explosive action"}, {"code": "CUET", "category": "T", "name": "cuesta(s)", "description": "an asymmetric ridge formed on tilted strata"}, {"code": "CULT", "category": "V", "name": "cultivated area", "description": "an area under cultivation"}, {"code": "CRNT", "category": "H", "name": "current", "description": "a horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity"}, {"code": "CSTM", "category": "S", "name": "customs house", "description": "a building in a port where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered and cleared"}, {"code": "PSTC", "category": "S", "name": "customs post", "description": "a building at an international boundary where customs and duties are paid on goods"}, {"code": "CUTF", "category": "H", "name": "cutoff", "description": "a channel formed as a result of a stream cutting through a meander neck"}, {"code": "DARY", "category": "S", "name": "dairy", "description": "a facility for the processing, sale and distribution of milk or milk products"}, {"code": "DAM", "category": "S", "name": "dam", "description": "a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water"}, {"code": "DEPU", "category": "U", "name": "deep", "description": "a localized deep area within the confines of a larger feature, such as a trough, basin or trench"}, {"code": "DLTA", "category": "T", "name": "delta", "description": "a flat plain formed by alluvial deposits at the mouth of a stream"}, {"code": "PCLD", "category": "A", "name": "dependent political entity", "description": "dependent political entity"}, {"code": "DPR", "category": "T", "name": "depression(s)", "description": "a low area surrounded by higher land and usually characterized by interior drainage"}, {"code": "DSRT", "category": "T", "name": "desert", "description": "a large area with little or no vegetation due to extreme environmental conditions"}, {"code": "PPLW", "category": "P", "name": "destroyed populated place", "description": "a village, town or city destroyed by a natural disaster, or by war"}, {"code": "MNDT", "category": "S", "name": "diatomite mine(s)", "description": "a place where diatomaceous earth is extracted"}, {"code": "DIKE", "category": "S", "name": "dike", "description": "an earth or stone embankment usually constructed for flood or stream control"}, {"code": "DIP", "category": "S", "name": "diplomatic facility", "description": "office, residence, or facility of a foreign government, which may include an embassy, consulate, chancery, office of charge d\u2019affaires, or other diplomatic, economic, military, or cultural mission"}, {"code": "HSPD", "category": "S", "name": "dispensary", "description": "a building where medical or dental aid is dispensed"}, {"code": "STMD", "category": "H", "name": "distributary(-ies)", "description": "a branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal"}, {"code": "DTCH", "category": "H", "name": "ditch", "description": "a small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land"}, {"code": "DTCHM", "category": "H", "name": "ditch mouth(s)", "description": "an area where a drainage ditch enters a lagoon, lake or bay"}, {"code": "DVD", "category": "T", "name": "divide", "description": "a line separating adjacent drainage basins"}, {"code": "DCK", "category": "H", "name": "dock(s)", "description": "a waterway between two piers, or cut into the land for the berthing of ships"}, {"code": "DCKB", "category": "H", "name": "docking basin", "description": "a part of a harbor where ships dock"}, {"code": "DCKY", "category": "S", "name": "dockyard", "description": "a facility for servicing, building, or repairing ships"}, {"code": "BSND", "category": "L", "name": "drainage basin", "description": "an area drained by a stream"}, {"code": "CNLD", "category": "H", "name": "drainage canal", "description": "an artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches"}, {"code": "DTCHD", "category": "H", "name": "drainage ditch", "description": "a ditch which serves to drain the land"}, {"code": "DCKD", "category": "S", "name": "dry dock", "description": "a dock providing support for a vessel, and means for removing the water so that the bottom of the vessel can be exposed"}, {"code": "SBED", "category": "T", "name": "dry stream bed", "description": "a channel formerly containing the water of a stream"}, {"code": "DUNE", "category": "T", "name": "dune(s)", "description": "a wave form, ridge or star shape feature composed of sand"}, {"code": "RGNE", "category": "L", "name": "economic region", "description": "a region of a country established for economic development or for statistical purposes"}, {"code": "SCRP", "category": "T", "name": "escarpment", "description": "a long line of cliffs or steep slopes separating level surfaces above and below"}, {"code": "EST", "category": "S", "name": "estate(s)", "description": "a large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities"}, {"code": "ESTY", "category": "H", "name": "estuary", "description": "a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences"}, {"code": "STNE", "category": "S", "name": "experiment station", "description": "a facility for carrying out experiments"}, {"code": "FCL", "category": "S", "name": "facility", "description": "a building or buildings housing a center, institute, foundation, hospital, prison, mission, courthouse, etc."}, {"code": "CTRF", "category": "S", "name": "facility center", "description": "a place where more than one facility is situated"}, {"code": "MFG", "category": "S", "name": "factory", "description": "one or more buildings where goods are manufactured, processed or fabricated"}, {"code": "FAN", "category": "T", "name": "fan(s)", "description": "a fan-shaped wedge of coarse alluvium with apex merging with a mountain stream bed and the fan spreading out at a low angle slope onto an adjacent plain"}, {"code": "FRM", "category": "S", "name": "farm", "description": "a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture"}, {"code": "PPLF", "category": "P", "name": "farm village", "description": "a populated place where the population is largely engaged in agricultural activities"}, {"code": "FRMS", "category": "S", "name": "farms", "description": "tracts of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture"}, {"code": "FRMT", "category": "S", "name": "farmstead", "description": "the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm"}, {"code": "FY", "category": "S", "name": "ferry", "description": "a boat or other floating conveyance and terminal facilities regularly used to transport people and vehicles across a waterbody"}, {"code": "FYT", "category": "S", "name": "ferry terminal", "description": "a place where ferries pick-up and discharge passengers, vehicles and or cargo"}, {"code": "FLD", "category": "L", "name": "field(s)", "description": "an open as opposed to wooded area"}, {"code": "FIRE", "category": "S", "name": "fire station", "description": "building housing firefighters and/or fire fighting equipment"}, {"code": "ADM1", "category": "A", "name": "first-order administrative division", "description": "a primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States"}, {"code": "FISH", "category": "H", "name": "fishing area", "description": "a fishing ground, bank or area where fishermen go to catch fish"}, {"code": "PNDSF", "category": "H", "name": "fishponds", "description": "ponds or enclosures in which fish are kept or raised"}, {"code": "FSR", "category": "T", "name": "fissure", "description": "a crack associated with volcanism"}, {"code": "FJD", "category": "H", "name": "fjord", "description": "a long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts"}, {"code": "FJDS", "category": "H", "name": "fjords", "description": "long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arms of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts"}, {"code": "FORD", "category": "T", "name": "ford", "description": "a shallow part of a stream which can be crossed on foot or by land vehicle"}, {"code": "RESF", "category": "L", "name": "forest reserve", "description": "a forested area set aside for preservation or controlled use"}, {"code": "STNF", "category": "S", "name": "forest station", "description": "a collection of buildings and facilities for carrying out forest management"}, {"code": "FRST", "category": "V", "name": "forest(s)", "description": "an area dominated by tree vegetation"}, {"code": "INLTQ", "category": "H", "name": "former inlet", "description": "an inlet which has been filled in, or blocked by deposits"}, {"code": "MLSGQ", "category": "S", "name": "former sugar mill", "description": "a sugar mill no longer used as a sugar mill"}, {"code": "FT", "category": "S", "name": "fort", "description": "a defensive structure or earthworks"}, {"code": "FRSTF", "category": "V", "name": "fossilized forest", "description": "a forest fossilized by geologic processes and now exposed at the earth's surface"}, {"code": "FNDY", "category": "S", "name": "foundry", "description": "a building or works where metal casting is carried out"}, {"code": "ADM4", "category": "A", "name": "fourth-order administrative division", "description": "a subdivision of a third-order administrative division"}, {"code": "ZNF", "category": "S", "name": "free trade zone", "description": "an area, usually a section of a port, where goods may be received and shipped free of customs duty and of most customs regulations"}, {"code": "PCLF", "category": "A", "name": "freely associated state", "description": "freely associated state"}, {"code": "DPOF", "category": "S", "name": "fuel depot", "description": "an area where fuel is stored"}, {"code": "GAP", "category": "T", "name": "gap", "description": "a low place in a ridge, not used for transportation"}, {"code": "GDN", "category": "S", "name": "garden(s)", "description": "an enclosure for displaying selected plant or animal life"}, {"code": "GOSP", "category": "S", "name": "gas-oil separator plant", "description": "a facility for separating gas from oil"}, {"code": "GASF", "category": "L", "name": "gasfield", "description": "an area containing a subterranean store of 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surrounding plain or wetland. 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vegetation including heather"}, {"code": "AIRH", "category": "S", "name": "heliport", "description": "a place where helicopters land and take off"}, {"code": "HERM", "category": "S", "name": "hermitage", "description": "a secluded residence, usually for religious sects"}, {"code": "HLL", "category": "T", "name": "hill", "description": "a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m"}, {"code": "HLLS", "category": "T", "name": "hills", "description": "rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m"}, {"code": "ADMDH", "category": "A", "name": "historical administrative division", "description": "a former administrative division of a political entity, undifferentiated as to administrative level"}, {"code": "ADM1H", "category": "A", "name": "historical first-order administrative division", "description": "a former first-order administrative division"}, {"code": "ADM4H", "category": "A", "name": "historical fourth-order administrative division", "description": "a former fourth-order administrative division"}, {"code": "PCLH", "category": "A", "name": "historical political entity", "description": "a former political entity"}, {"code": "PPLH", "category": "P", "name": "historical populated place", "description": "a populated place that no longer exists"}, {"code": "RRH", "category": "R", "name": "historical railroad", "description": "a former permanent twin steel-rail track on which freight and passenger cars move long distances"}, {"code": "RSTNH", "category": "S", "name": "historical railroad station", "description": "a former facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight"}, {"code": "RGNH", "category": "L", "name": "historical region", "description": "a former area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics"}, {"code": "ADM2H", "category": "A", "name": 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"description": "a place where hot ground water flows naturally out of the ground"}, {"code": "HTL", "category": "S", "name": "hotel", "description": "a building providing lodging and/or meals for the public"}, {"code": "HSE", "category": "S", "name": "house(s)", "description": "a building used as a human habitation"}, {"code": "DEVH", "category": "L", "name": "housing development", "description": "a tract of land on which many houses of similar design are built according to a development plan"}, {"code": "RESH", "category": "L", "name": "hunting reserve", "description": "a tract of land used primarily for hunting"}, {"code": "HUT", "category": "S", "name": "hut", "description": "a small primitive house"}, {"code": "HUTS", "category": "S", "name": "huts", "description": "small primitive houses"}, {"code": "PSH", "category": "S", "name": "hydroelectric power station", "description": "a building where electricity is generated from water power"}, {"code": "CAPG", "category": "H", "name": "icecap", "description": "a dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet"}, {"code": "DPRG", "category": "H", "name": "icecap depression", "description": "a comparatively depressed area on an icecap"}, {"code": "DOMG", "category": "H", "name": "icecap dome", "description": "a comparatively elevated area on an icecap"}, {"code": "RDGG", "category": "H", "name": "icecap ridge", "description": "a linear elevation on an icecap"}, {"code": "PCLI", "category": "A", "name": "independent political entity", "description": "independent political entity"}, {"code": "INDS", "category": "L", "name": "industrial area", "description": "an area characterized by industrial activity"}, {"code": "INLT", "category": "H", "name": "inlet", "description": "a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water"}, {"code": "STNI", "category": "S", "name": "inspection station", "description": "a station at which vehicles, goods, and people are inspected"}, {"code": "TRGD", "category": "T", "name": "interdune trough(s)", "description": "a long wind-swept trough between parallel longitudinal dunes"}, {"code": "INTF", "category": "T", "name": "interfluve", "description": "a relatively undissected upland between adjacent stream valleys"}, {"code": "LKI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent lake", "description": "intermittent lake"}, {"code": "LKSI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent lakes", "description": "intermittent lakes"}, {"code": "LKOI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent oxbow lake", "description": "intermittent oxbow lake"}, {"code": "PNDI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent pond", "description": "intermittent pond"}, {"code": "PNDSI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent ponds", "description": "intermittent ponds"}, {"code": "POOLI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent pool", "description": "intermittent pool"}, {"code": "RSVI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent reservoir", "description": "intermittent reservoir"}, {"code": "LKNI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent salt lake", "description": "intermittent salt lake"}, {"code": "LKSNI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent salt lakes", "description": "intermittent salt lakes"}, {"code": "PNDNI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent salt pond(s)", "description": "intermittent salt pond(s)"}, {"code": "STMI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent stream", "description": "intermittent stream"}, {"code": "WTLDI", "category": "H", "name": "intermittent wetland", "description": "intermittent wetland"}, {"code": "RDIN", "category": "S", "name": "intersection", "description": "a junction of two or more highways by a system of separate levels that permit traffic to pass from one to another without the crossing of traffic streams"}, {"code": "MNFE", "category": "S", "name": "iron mine(s)", "description": "a mine where iron ore is extracted"}, {"code": "FLDI", "category": "L", "name": "irrigated field(s)", "description": "a tract of level or terraced land which is irrigated"}, {"code": "CNLI", "category": "H", "name": "irrigation canal", "description": "a canal which serves as a main conduit for irrigation water"}, {"code": "DTCHI", "category": "H", "name": "irrigation ditch", "description": "a ditch which serves to distribute irrigation water"}, {"code": "SYSI", "category": "H", "name": "irrigation system", "description": "a network of ditches and one or more of the following elements: water supply, reservoir, canal, pump, well, drain, etc."}, {"code": "ISL", "category": "T", "name": "island", "description": "a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water"}, {"code": "ISLS", "category": "T", "name": "islands", "description": "tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water"}, {"code": "STLMT", "category": "P", "name": "Israeli settlement", "description": "Israeli settlement"}, {"code": "ISTH", "category": "T", "name": "isthmus", "description": "a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses and bordered by water"}, {"code": "JTY", "category": "S", "name": "jetty", "description": "a structure built out into the water at a river mouth or harbor entrance to regulate currents and silting"}, {"code": "KRST", "category": "T", "name": "karst area", "description": "a distinctive landscape developed on soluble rock such as limestone characterized by sinkholes, caves, disappearing streams, and underground drainage"}, {"code": "CMPLA", "category": "S", "name": "labor camp", "description": "a camp used by migrant or temporary laborers"}, {"code": "LGN", "category": "H", "name": "lagoon", "description": "a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature"}, {"code": "LGNS", "category": "H", "name": "lagoons", "description": "shallow coastal waterbodies, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature"}, {"code": "LK", "category": "H", "name": "lake", "description": "a large inland body of standing water"}, {"code": "LBED", "category": "H", "name": "lake bed(s)", "description": "a dried up or drained area of a former lake"}, {"code": "CHNL", "category": "H", "name": "lake channel(s)", "description": "that part of a lake having water deep enough for navigation between islands, shoals, etc."}, {"code": "RGNL", "category": "L", "name": "lake region", "description": "a tract of land distinguished by numerous lakes"}, {"code": "LKS", "category": "H", "name": "lakes", "description": "large inland bodies of standing water"}, {"code": "ISLT", "category": "T", "name": "land-tied island", "description": "a coastal island connected to the mainland by barrier beaches, levees or dikes"}, {"code": "LNDF", "category": "S", "name": "landfill", "description": "a place for trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land"}, {"code": "LDNG", "category": "S", "name": "landing", "description": "a place where boats receive or discharge passengers and freight, but lacking most port facilities"}, {"code": "LAVA", "category": "T", "name": "lava area", "description": "an area of solidified lava"}, {"code": "MNPB", "category": "S", "name": "lead mine(s)", "description": "a mine where lead ore is extracted"}, {"code": "LTER", "category": "A", "name": "leased area", "description": "a tract of land leased by the United Kingdom from the People's Republic of China to form part of Hong Kong"}, {"code": "LEPC", "category": "S", "name": "leper colony", "description": "a settled area inhabited by lepers in relative isolation"}, {"code": "HSPL", "category": "S", "name": "leprosarium", "description": "an asylum or hospital for lepers"}, {"code": "LEV", "category": "T", "name": "levee", "description": "a natural low embankment bordering a distributary or meandering stream; often built up artificially to control floods"}, {"code": "LTHSE", "category": "S", "name": "lighthouse", "description": "a distinctive structure exhibiting a major navigation light"}, {"code": "MFGLM", "category": "S", "name": "limekiln", "description": "a furnace in which limestone is reduced to lime"}, {"code": "GOVL", "category": "S", "name": "local government office", "description": "a facility housing local governmental offices, usually a city, town, or village hall"}, {"code": "LCTY", "category": "L", "name": "locality", "description": "a minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries"}, {"code": "LOCK", "category": "S", "name": "lock(s)", "description": "a basin in a waterway with gates at each end by means of which vessels are passed from one water level to another"}, {"code": "CMPL", "category": "S", "name": "logging camp", "description": "a camp used by loggers"}, {"code": "STMSB", "category": "H", "name": "lost river", "description": "a surface stream that disappears into an underground channel, or dries up in an arid area"}, {"code": "MVA", "category": "L", "name": "maneuver area", "description": "a tract of land where military field exercises are carried out"}, {"code": "ISLM", "category": "T", "name": "mangrove island", "description": "a mangrove swamp surrounded by a waterbody"}, {"code": "MGV", "category": "H", "name": "mangrove swamp", "description": "a tropical tidal mud flat characterized by mangrove vegetation"}, {"code": "MAR", "category": "S", "name": "marina", "description": "a harbor facility for small boats, yachts, etc."}, {"code": "CHNM", "category": "H", "name": "marine channel", "description": "that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable"}, {"code": "SCHN", "category": "S", "name": "maritime school", "description": "a school at which maritime sciences form the core of the curriculum"}, {"code": "MKT", "category": "S", "name": "market", "description": "a place where goods are bought and sold at regular intervals"}, {"code": "MRSH", "category": "H", "name": "marsh(es)", "description": "a wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation"}, {"code": "MDW", "category": "V", "name": "meadow", "description": "a small, poorly drained area dominated by grassy vegetation"}, {"code": "NKM", "category": "T", "name": "meander neck", "description": "a narrow strip of land between the two limbs of a meander loop at its narrowest point"}, {"code": "CTRM", "category": "S", "name": "medical center", "description": "a complex of health care buildings including two or more of the following: hospital, medical school, clinic, pharmacy, doctor's offices, etc."}, {"code": "MESA", "category": "T", "name": "mesa(s)", "description": "a flat-topped, isolated elevation with steep slopes on all sides, less extensive than a plateau"}, {"code": "STNM", "category": "S", "name": "meteorological station", "description": "a station at which weather elements are recorded"}, {"code": "MILB", "category": "L", "name": "military base", "description": "a place used by an army or other armed service for storing arms and supplies, and for accommodating and training troops, a base from which operations can be initiated"}, {"code": "INSM", "category": "S", "name": "military installation", "description": "a facility for use of and control by armed forces"}, {"code": "SCHM", "category": "S", "name": "military school", "description": "a school at which military science forms the core of the curriculum"}, {"code": "ML", "category": "S", "name": "mill(s)", "description": "a building housing machines for transforming, shaping, finishing, grinding, or extracting products"}, {"code": "MN", "category": "S", "name": "mine(s)", "description": "a site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages"}, {"code": "MNA", "category": "L", "name": "mining area", "description": "an area of mine sites where minerals and ores are extracted"}, {"code": "CMPMN", "category": "S", "name": "mining camp", "description": "a camp used by miners"}, {"code": "MSSN", "category": "S", "name": "mission", "description": "a place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion"}, {"code": "MOLE", "category": "S", "name": "mole", "description": "a massive structure of masonry or large stones serving as a pier or breakwater"}, {"code": "MSTY", "category": "S", "name": "monastery", "description": "a building and grounds where a community of monks lives in seclusion"}, {"code": "MNMT", "category": "S", "name": "monument", "description": "a commemorative structure or statue"}, {"code": "MOOR", "category": "H", "name": "moor(s)", "description": "an area of open ground overlaid with wet peaty soils"}, {"code": "MRN", "category": "T", "name": "moraine", "description": "a mound, ridge, or other accumulation of glacial till"}, {"code": "MSQE", "category": "S", "name": "mosque", "description": "a building for public Islamic worship"}, {"code": "MND", "category": "T", "name": "mound(s)", "description": "a low, isolated, rounded hill"}, {"code": "MT", "category": "T", "name": "mountain", "description": "an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more"}, {"code": "MTS", "category": "T", "name": "mountains", "description": "a mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges"}, {"code": "FLTM", "category": "H", "name": "mud flat(s)", "description": "a relatively level area of mud either between high and low tide lines, or subject to flooding"}, {"code": "MFGM", "category": "S", "name": "munitions plant", "description": "a factory where ammunition is made"}, {"code": "MUS", "category": "S", "name": "museum", "description": "a building where objects of permanent interest in one or more of the arts and sciences are preserved and exhibited"}, {"code": "NRWS", "category": "H", "name": "narrows", "description": "a navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, river, etc."}, {"code": "TNLN", "category": "R", "name": "natural tunnel", "description": "a cave that is open at both ends"}, {"code": "RESN", "category": "L", "name": "nature reserve", "description": "an area reserved for the maintenance of a natural habitat"}, {"code": "NVB", "category": "L", "name": "naval base", "description": "an area used to store supplies, provide barracks for troops and naval personnel, a port for naval vessels, and from which operations are initiated"}, {"code": "CNLN", "category": "H", "name": "navigation canal(s)", "description": "a watercourse constructed for navigation of vessels"}, {"code": "CHNN", "category": "H", "name": "navigation channel", "description": "a buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels"}, {"code": "MNNI", "category": "S", "name": "nickel mine(s)", "description": "a mine where nickel ore is extracted"}, {"code": "NOV", "category": "S", "name": "novitiate", "description": "a religious house or school where novices are trained"}, {"code": "PSN", "category": "S", "name": "nuclear power station", "description": "nuclear power station"}, {"code": "NTK", "category": "T", "name": "nunatak", "description": "a rock or mountain peak protruding through glacial ice"}, {"code": "NTKS", "category": "T", "name": "nunataks", "description": "rocks or mountain peaks protruding through glacial ice"}, {"code": "NSY", "category": "S", "name": "nursery(-ies)", "description": "a place where plants are propagated for transplanting or grafting"}, {"code": "OAS", "category": "L", "name": "oasis(-es)", "description": "an area in a desert made productive by the availability of water"}, {"code": "OBPT", "category": "S", "name": "observation point", "description": "a wildlife or scenic observation point"}, {"code": "OBS", "category": "S", "name": "observatory", "description": "a facility equipped for observation of atmospheric or space phenomena"}, {"code": "OCN", "category": "H", "name": "ocean", "description": "one of the major divisions of the vast expanse of salt water covering part of the earth"}, {"code": "BLDO", "category": "S", "name": "office building", "description": "commercial building where business and/or services are conducted"}, {"code": "CMPO", "category": "S", "name": "oil camp", "description": "a camp used by oilfield workers"}, {"code": "ESTO", "category": "S", "name": "oil palm plantation", "description": "an estate specializing in the cultivation of oil palm trees"}, {"code": "OILP", "category": "R", "name": "oil pipeline", "description": "a pipeline used for transporting oil"}, {"code": "OILJ", "category": "S", "name": "oil pipeline junction", "description": "a section of an oil pipeline where two or more pipes join together"}, {"code": "TRMO", "category": "S", "name": "oil pipeline terminal", "description": "a tank farm or loading facility at the end of an oil pipeline"}, {"code": "PMPO", "category": "S", "name": "oil pumping station", "description": "a facility for pumping oil through a pipeline"}, {"code": "OILR", "category": "S", "name": "oil refinery", "description": "a facility for converting crude oil into refined petroleum products"}, {"code": "OILW", "category": "S", "name": "oil well", "description": "a well from which oil may be pumped"}, {"code": "OILF", "category": "L", "name": "oilfield", "description": "an area containing a subterranean store of petroleum of economic value"}, {"code": "GRVO", "category": "V", "name": "olive grove", "description": "a planting of olive trees"}, {"code": "MLO", "category": "S", "name": "olive oil mill", "description": "a mill where oil is extracted from olives"}, {"code": "OCH", "category": "V", "name": "orchard(s)", "description": "a planting of fruit or nut trees"}, {"code": "MLM", "category": "S", "name": "ore treatment plant", "description": "a facility for improving the metal content of ore by concentration"}, {"code": "OVF", "category": "H", "name": "overfalls", "description": "an area of breaking waves caused by the meeting of currents or by waves moving against the current"}, {"code": "LKO", "category": "H", "name": "oxbow lake", "description": "a crescent-shaped lake commonly found adjacent to meandering streams"}, {"code": "PGDA", "category": "S", "name": "pagoda", "description": "a tower-like storied structure, usually a Buddhist shrine"}, {"code": "PAL", "category": "S", "name": "palace", "description": "a large stately house, often a royal or presidential residence"}, {"code": "GRVP", "category": "V", "name": "palm grove", "description": "a planting of palm trees"}, {"code": "RESP", "category": "L", "name": "palm tree reserve", "description": "an area of palm trees where use is controlled"}, {"code": "PAN", "category": "T", "name": "pan", "description": "a near-level shallow, natural depression or basin, usually containing an intermittent lake, pond, or pool"}, {"code": "PANS", "category": "T", "name": "pans", "description": "a near-level shallow, natural depression or basin, usually containing an intermittent lake, pond, or pool"}, {"code": "PRSH", "category": "A", "name": "parish", "description": "an ecclesiastical district"}, {"code": "PRK", "category": "L", "name": "park", "description": "an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation"}, {"code": "PRKGT", "category": "S", "name": "park gate", "description": "a controlled access to a park"}, {"code": "PRKHQ", "category": "S", "name": "park headquarters", "description": "a park administrative facility"}, {"code": "GARG", "category": "S", "name": "parking garage", "description": "a building or underground facility used exclusively for parking vehicles"}, {"code": "PKLT", "category": "S", "name": "parking lot", "description": "an area used for parking vehicles"}, {"code": "PASS", "category": "T", "name": "pass", "description": "a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap]"}, {"code": "PSTP", "category": "S", "name": "patrol post", "description": "a post from which patrols are sent out"}, {"code": "PK", "category": "T", "name": "peak", "description": "a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature"}, {"code": "PKS", "category": "T", "name": "peaks", "description": "pointed elevations atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic features"}, {"code": "PEAT", "category": "L", "name": "peat cutting area", "description": "an area where peat is harvested"}, {"code": "PEN", "category": "T", "name": "peninsula", "description": "an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water"}, {"code": "BSNP", "category": "L", "name": "petroleum basin", "description": "an area underlain by an oil-rich structural basin"}, {"code": "MFGPH", "category": "S", "name": "phosphate works", "description": "a facility for producing fertilizer"}, {"code": "PIER", "category": "S", "name": "pier", "description": "a structure built out into navigable water on piles providing berthing for ships and recreation"}, {"code": "GRVPN", "category": "V", "name": "pine grove", "description": "a planting of pine trees"}, {"code": "MNPL", "category": "S", "name": "placer mine(s)", "description": "a place where heavy metals are concentrated and running water is used to extract them from unconsolidated sediments"}, {"code": "PLN", "category": "T", "name": "plain(s)", "description": "an extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area"}, {"code": "PLAT", "category": "T", "name": "plateau", "description": "an elevated plain with steep slopes on one or more sides, and often with incised streams"}, {"code": "PT", "category": "T", "name": "point", "description": "a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape"}, {"code": "PTS", "category": "T", "name": "points", "description": "tapering pieces of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape"}, {"code": "PLDR", "category": "T", "name": "polder", "description": "an area reclaimed from the sea by diking and draining"}, {"code": "PP", "category": "S", "name": "police post", "description": "a building in which police are stationed"}, {"code": "PCL", "category": "A", "name": "political entity", "description": "political entity"}, {"code": "PND", "category": "H", "name": "pond", "description": "a small standing waterbody"}, {"code": "PNDS", "category": "H", "name": "ponds", "description": "small standing waterbodies"}, {"code": "POOL", "category": "H", "name": "pool(s)", "description": "a small and comparatively still, deep part of a larger body of water such as a stream or harbor; or a small body of standing water"}, {"code": "PPLL", "category": "P", "name": "populated locality", "description": "an area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings"}, {"code": "PPL", "category": "P", "name": "populated place", "description": "a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work"}, {"code": "PPLS", "category": "P", "name": "populated places", "description": "cities, towns, villages, or other agglomerations of buildings where people live and work"}, {"code": "PRT", "category": "L", "name": "port", "description": "a place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging waterborne cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbor"}, {"code": "PTGE", "category": "R", "name": "portage", "description": "a place where boats, goods, etc., are carried overland between navigable waters"}, {"code": "PO", "category": "S", "name": "post office", "description": "a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed"}, {"code": "PS", "category": "S", "name": "power station", "description": "a facility for generating electric power"}, {"code": "PRN", "category": "S", "name": "prison", "description": "a facility for confining prisoners"}, {"code": "PRMN", "category": "R", "name": "promenade", "description": "a place for public walking, usually along a beach front"}, {"code": "PROM", "category": "T", "name": "promontory(-ies)", "description": "a bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland"}, {"code": "PYR", "category": "S", "name": "pyramid", "description": "an ancient massive structure of square ground plan with four triangular faces meeting at a point and used for enclosing tombs"}, {"code": "PYRS", "category": "S", "name": "pyramids", "description": "ancient massive structures of square ground plan with four triangular faces meeting at a point and used for enclosing tombs"}, {"code": "MNQR", "category": "S", "name": "quarry(-ies)", "description": "a surface mine where building stone or gravel and sand, etc. are extracted"}, {"code": "QUAY", "category": "S", "name": "quay", "description": "a structure of solid construction along a shore or bank which provides berthing for ships and which generally provides cargo handling facilities"}, {"code": "QCKS", "category": "L", "name": "quicksand", "description": "an area where loose sand with water moving through it may become unstable when heavy objects are placed at the surface, causing them to sink"}, {"code": "RECR", "category": "S", "name": "racetrack", "description": "a track where races are held"}, {"code": "OBSR", "category": "S", "name": "radio observatory", "description": "a facility equipped with an array of antennae for receiving radio waves from space"}, {"code": "STNR", "category": "S", "name": "radio station", "description": "a facility for producing and transmitting information by radio waves"}, {"code": "RR", "category": "R", "name": "railroad", "description": "a permanent twin steel-rail track on which freight and passenger cars move long distances"}, {"code": "RJCT", "category": "R", "name": "railroad junction", "description": "a place where two or more railroad tracks join"}, {"code": "RSD", "category": "S", "name": "railroad siding", "description": "a short track parallel to and joining the main track"}, {"code": "RSGNL", "category": "S", "name": "railroad signal", "description": "a signal at the entrance of a particular section of track governing the movement of trains"}, {"code": "RSTN", "category": "S", "name": "railroad station", "description": "a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight"}, {"code": "RSTP", "category": "S", "name": "railroad stop", "description": "a place lacking station facilities where trains stop to pick up and unload passengers and freight"}, {"code": "TNLRR", "category": "R", "name": "railroad tunnel", "description": "a tunnel through which a railroad passes"}, {"code": "RYD", "category": "R", "name": "railroad yard", "description": "a system of tracks used for the making up of trains, and switching and storing freight cars"}, {"code": "RNCH", "category": "S", "name": "ranch(es)", "description": "a large farm specializing in extensive grazing of livestock"}, {"code": "RPDS", "category": "H", "name": "rapids", "description": "a turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed"}, {"code": "RVN", "category": "H", "name": "ravine(s)", "description": "a small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge"}, {"code": "RCH", "category": "H", "name": "reach", "description": "a straight section of a navigable stream or channel between two bends"}, {"code": "RF", "category": "H", "name": "reef(s)", "description": "a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material"}, {"code": "PRNJ", "category": "S", "name": "reformatory", "description": "a facility for confining, training, and reforming young law offenders"}, {"code": "CMPRF", "category": "S", "name": "refugee camp", "description": "a camp used by refugees"}, {"code": "RGN", "category": "L", "name": "region", "description": "an area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics"}, {"code": "CTRR", "category": "S", "name": "religious center", "description": "a facility where more than one religious activity is carried out, e.g., retreat, school, monastery, worship"}, {"code": "PPLR", "category": "P", "name": "religious populated place", "description": "a populated place whose population is largely engaged in religious occupations"}, {"code": "RLG", "category": "S", "name": "religious site", "description": "an ancient site of significant religious importance"}, {"code": "ITTR", "category": "S", "name": "research institute", "description": "a facility where research is carried out"}, {"code": "RESV", "category": "L", "name": "reservation", "description": "a tract of land set aside for aboriginal, tribal, or native populations"}, {"code": "RES", "category": "L", "name": "reserve", "description": "a tract of public land reserved for future use or restricted as to use"}, {"code": "RSV", "category": "H", "name": "reservoir(s)", "description": "an artificial pond or lake"}, {"code": "RSRT", "category": "S", "name": "resort", "description": "a specialized facility for vacation, health, or participation sports activities"}, {"code": "RHSE", "category": "S", "name": "resthouse", "description": "a structure maintained for the rest and shelter of travelers"}, {"code": "RLGR", "category": "S", "name": "retreat", "description": "a place of temporary seclusion, especially for religious groups"}, {"code": "RDGE", "category": "T", "name": "ridge(s)", "description": "a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest"}, {"code": "RD", "category": "R", "name": "road", "description": "an open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles"}, {"code": "RDB", "category": "R", "name": "road bend", "description": "a conspicuously curved or bent section of a road"}, {"code": "RDCUT", "category": "R", "name": "road cut", "description": "an excavation cut through a hill or ridge for a road"}, {"code": "RDJCT", "category": "R", "name": "road junction", "description": "a place where two or more roads join"}, {"code": "TNLRD", "category": "R", "name": "road tunnel", "description": "a tunnel through which a road passes"}, {"code": "RDST", "category": "H", "name": "roadstead", "description": "an open anchorage affording less protection than a harbor"}, {"code": "RK", "category": "T", "name": "rock", "description": "a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass"}, {"code": "HMDA", "category": "T", "name": "rock desert", "description": "a relatively sand-free, high bedrock plateau in a hot desert, with or without a gravel veneer"}, {"code": "RKFL", "category": "T", "name": "rockfall", "description": "an irregular mass of fallen rock at the base of a cliff or steep slope"}, {"code": "RKS", "category": "T", "name": "rocks", "description": "conspicuous, isolated rocky masses"}, {"code": "RKRY", "category": "S", "name": "rookery", "description": "a breeding place of a colony of birds or seals"}, {"code": "ESTR", "category": "S", "name": "rubber plantation", "description": "an estate which specializes in growing and tapping rubber trees"}, {"code": "RUIN", "category": "S", "name": "ruin(s)", "description": "a destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional"}, {"code": "BDGQ", "category": "S", "name": "ruined bridge", "description": "a destroyed or decayed bridge which is no longer functional"}, {"code": "DAMQ", "category": "S", "name": "ruined dam", "description": "a destroyed or decayed dam which is no longer functional"}, {"code": "SBKH", "category": "H", "name": "sabkha(s)", "description": "a salt flat or salt encrusted plain subject to periodic inundation from flooding or high tides"}, {"code": "SDL", "category": "T", "name": "saddle", "description": "a broad, open pass crossing a ridge or between hills or mountains"}, {"code": "SALT", "category": "L", "name": "salt area", "description": "a shallow basin or flat where salt accumulates after periodic inundation"}, {"code": "MFGN", "category": "H", "name": "salt evaporation ponds", "description": "diked salt ponds used in the production of solar evaporated salt"}, {"code": "LKN", "category": "H", "name": "salt lake", "description": "an inland body of salt water with no outlet"}, {"code": "LKSN", "category": "H", "name": "salt lakes", "description": "inland bodies of salt water with no outlet"}, {"code": "MRSHN", "category": "H", "name": "salt marsh", "description": "a flat area, subject to periodic salt water inundation, dominated by grassy salt-tolerant plants"}, {"code": "MNN", "category": "S", "name": "salt mine(s)", "description": "a mine from which salt is extracted"}, {"code": "PNDN", "category": "H", "name": "salt pond", "description": "a small standing body of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast"}, {"code": "PNDSN", "category": "H", "name": "salt ponds", "description": "small standing bodies of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast"}, {"code": "SNTR", "category": "S", "name": "sanatorium", "description": "a facility where victims of physical or mental disorders are treated"}, {"code": "SAND", "category": "T", "name": "sand area", "description": "a tract of land covered with sand"}, {"code": "ERG", "category": "T", "name": "sandy desert", "description": "an extensive tract of shifting sand and sand dunes"}, {"code": "STNS", "category": "S", "name": "satellite station", "description": "a facility for tracking and communicating with orbiting satellites"}, {"code": "MLSW", "category": "S", "name": "sawmill", "description": "a mill where logs or lumber are sawn to specified shapes and sizes"}, {"code": "SCH", "category": "S", "name": "school", "description": "building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place"}, {"code": "ADMS", "category": "A", "name": "school district", "description": "school district"}, {"code": "STNB", "category": "S", "name": "scientific research base", "description": "a scientific facility used as a base from which research is carried out or monitored"}, {"code": "SCRB", "category": "V", "name": "scrubland", "description": "an area of low trees, bushes, and shrubs stunted by some environmental limitation"}, {"code": "SEA", "category": "H", "name": "sea", "description": "a large body of salt water more or less confined by continuous land or chains of islands forming a subdivision of an ocean"}, {"code": "SCNU", "category": "U", "name": "seachannel", "description": "a continuously sloping, elongated depression commonly found in fans or plains and customarily bordered by levees on one or two sides"}, {"code": "SCSU", "category": "U", "name": "seachannels", "description": "continuously sloping, elongated 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administrative division", "description": "seat of a second-order administrative division"}, {"code": "PPLA3", "category": "P", "name": "seat of a third-order administrative division", "description": "seat of a third-order administrative division"}, {"code": "ADM2", "category": "A", "name": "second-order administrative division", "description": "a subdivision of a first-order administrative division"}, {"code": "BNKX", "category": "H", "name": "section of bank", "description": "section of bank"}, {"code": "CNLX", "category": "H", "name": "section of canal", "description": "section of canal"}, {"code": "ESTX", "category": "S", "name": "section of estate", "description": "section of estate"}, {"code": "HBRX", "category": "H", "name": "section of harbor", "description": "section of harbor"}, {"code": "PCLIX", "category": "A", "name": "section of independent political entity", "description": "section of independent political entity"}, {"code": "STMIX", "category": "H", "name": "section of intermittent stream", "description": "section of intermittent stream"}, {"code": "ISLX", "category": "T", "name": "section of island", "description": "section of island"}, {"code": "LGNX", "category": "H", "name": "section of lagoon", "description": "section of lagoon"}, {"code": "LKX", "category": "H", "name": "section of lake", "description": "section of lake"}, {"code": "PENX", "category": "T", "name": "section of peninsula", "description": "section of peninsula"}, {"code": "PLNX", "category": "T", "name": "section of plain", "description": "section of plain"}, {"code": "PLATX", "category": "T", "name": "section of plateau", "description": "section of plateau"}, {"code": "PPLX", "category": "P", "name": "section of populated place", "description": "section of populated place"}, {"code": "RFX", "category": "H", "name": "section of reef", "description": "section of reef"}, {"code": "STMX", "category": "H", "name": "section of stream", "description": "section of stream"}, {"code": "VALX", "category": "T", "name": "section of valley", "description": "section of valley"}, {"code": "WADX", "category": "H", "name": "section of wadi", "description": "section of wadi"}, {"code": "FLLSX", "category": "H", "name": "section of waterfall(s)", "description": "section of waterfall(s)"}, {"code": "PCLS", "category": "A", "name": "semi-independent political entity", "description": "semi-independent political entity"}, {"code": "SWT", "category": "S", "name": "sewage treatment plant", "description": "facility for the processing of sewage and/or wastewater"}, {"code": "SHPF", "category": "S", "name": "sheepfold", "description": "a fence or wall enclosure for sheep and other small herd animals"}, {"code": "SHOL", "category": "H", "name": "shoal(s)", "description": "a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material"}, {"code": "SHOPC", "category": "S", "name": "shopping center or mall", "description": "an urban shopping area featuring a variety of shops surrounding a usually open-air concourse reserved for pedestrian traffic; or a large suburban building or group of buildings containing various shops with associated passageways"}, {"code": "SHOR", "category": "T", "name": "shore", "description": "a narrow zone bordering a waterbody which covers and uncovers at high and low water, respectively"}, {"code": "SHRN", "category": "S", "name": "shrine", "description": "a structure or place memorializing a person or religious concept"}, {"code": "SILL", "category": "H", "name": "sill", "description": "the low part of a gap or saddle separating basins"}, {"code": "SINK", "category": "T", "name": "sinkhole", "description": "a small crater-shape depression in a karst area"}, {"code": "ESTSL", "category": "S", "name": "sisal plantation", "description": "an estate that specializes in growing sisal"}, {"code": "SLID", "category": "T", "name": "slide", "description": "a mound of earth material, at the base of a slope and the associated scoured area"}, {"code": "SLP", "category": "T", "name": "slope(s)", "description": "a surface with a relatively uniform slope angle"}, {"code": "SLCE", "category": "S", "name": "sluice", "description": "a conduit or passage for carrying off surplus water from a waterbody, usually regulated by means of a sluice gate"}, {"code": "SNOW", "category": "L", "name": "snowfield", "description": "an area of permanent snow and ice forming the accumulation area of a glacier"}, {"code": "SD", "category": "H", "name": "sound", "description": "a long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water"}, {"code": "SPA", "category": "S", "name": "spa", "description": "a resort area usually developed around a medicinal spring"}, {"code": "CTRS", "category": "S", "name": "space center", "description": "a facility for launching, tracking, or controlling satellites and space vehicles"}, {"code": "SPLY", "category": "S", "name": "spillway", "description": "a passage or outlet through which surplus water flows over, around or through a dam"}, {"code": "SPIT", "category": "T", "name": "spit", "description": "a narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody"}, {"code": "SPNG", "category": "H", "name": "spring(s)", "description": "a place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground"}, {"code": "SPUR", "category": "T", "name": "spur(s)", "description": "a subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation"}, {"code": "SQR", "category": "S", "name": "square", "description": "a broad, open, public area near the center of a town or city"}, {"code": "STBL", "category": "S", "name": "stable", "description": "a building for the shelter and feeding of farm animals, especially horses"}, {"code": "STDM", "category": "S", "name": "stadium", "description": "a structure with an enclosure for athletic games with tiers of seats for spectators"}, {"code": "STPS", "category": "S", "name": "steps", "description": "stones or slabs placed for ease in ascending or descending a steep slope"}, {"code": "STKR", "category": "R", "name": "stock route", "description": "a route taken by livestock herds"}, {"code": "REG", "category": "T", "name": "stony desert", "description": "a desert plain characterized by a surface veneer of gravel and stones"}, {"code": "RET", "category": "S", "name": "store", "description": "a building where goods and/or services are offered for sale"}, {"code": "SHSE", "category": "S", "name": "storehouse", "description": "a building for storing goods, especially provisions"}, {"code": "STRT", "category": "H", "name": "strait", "description": "a relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water"}, {"code": "STM", "category": "H", "name": "stream", "description": "a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land"}, {"code": "BNKR", "category": "H", "name": "stream bank", "description": "a sloping margin of a stream channel which normally confines the stream to its channel on land"}, {"code": "STMB", "category": "H", "name": "stream bend", "description": "a conspicuously curved or bent segment of a stream"}, {"code": "STMGS", "category": "S", "name": "stream gauging station", "description": "named place where a measuring station for a watercourse, reservoir or other water body exists"}, {"code": "STMM", "category": "H", "name": "stream mouth(s)", "description": "a place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea"}, {"code": "STMS", "category": "H", "name": "streams", "description": "bodies of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land"}, {"code": "ST", "category": "R", "name": "street", "description": "a paved urban thoroughfare"}, {"code": "DAMSB", "category": "S", "name": "sub-surface dam", "description": "a dam put down to bedrock in a sand river"}, {"code": "SUBW", "category": "S", "name": "subway", "description": "a railroad used for mass public transportation primarily in urban areas, all or part of the system may be located below, above, or at ground level"}, {"code": "SUBS", "category": "S", "name": "subway station", "description": "a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading subway passengers"}, {"code": "MLSG", "category": "S", "name": "sugar mill", "description": "a facility where sugar cane is processed into raw sugar"}, {"code": "ESTSG", "category": "S", "name": "sugar plantation", "description": "an estate that specializes in growing sugar cane"}, {"code": "MFGSG", "category": "S", "name": "sugar refinery", "description": "a facility for converting raw sugar into refined sugar"}, {"code": "SPNS", "category": "H", "name": "sulphur spring(s)", "description": "a place where sulphur ground water flows naturally out of the ground"}, {"code": "SWMP", "category": "H", "name": "swamp", "description": "a wetland dominated by tree vegetation"}, {"code": "SYG", "category": "S", "name": "synagogue", "description": "a place for Jewish worship and religious instruction"}, {"code": "TMTU", "category": "U", "name": "tablemount (or guyot)", "description": "a seamount having a comparatively smooth, flat top"}, {"code": "TMSU", "category": "U", "name": "tablemounts (or guyots)", "description": "seamounts having a comparatively smooth, flat top"}, {"code": "TAL", "category": "T", "name": "talus slope", "description": "a steep concave slope formed by an accumulation of loose rock fragments at the base of a cliff or steep slope"}, {"code": "OILT", "category": "S", "name": "tank farm", "description": "a tract of land occupied by large, cylindrical, metal tanks in which oil or liquid petrochemicals are stored"}, {"code": "ESTT", "category": "S", "name": "tea plantation", "description": "an estate which specializes in growing tea bushes"}, {"code": "SCHT", "category": "S", "name": "technical school", "description": "post-secondary school with a specifically technical or vocational curriculum"}, {"code": "TMPL", "category": "S", "name": "temple(s)", "description": "an edifice dedicated to religious worship"}, {"code": "AIRT", "category": "S", "name": "terminal", "description": "airport facilities for the handling of freight and passengers"}, {"code": "TRR", "category": "T", "name": "terrace", "description": "a long, narrow alluvial platform bounded by steeper slopes above and below, usually overlooking a waterbody"}, {"code": "TERR", "category": "A", "name": "territory", "description": "territory"}, {"code": "ADM3", "category": "A", "name": "third-order administrative division", "description": "a subdivision of a second-order administrative division"}, {"code": "CRKT", "category": "H", "name": "tidal creek(s)", "description": "a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents"}, {"code": "FLTT", "category": "H", "name": "tidal flat(s)", "description": "a large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide"}, {"code": "MNSN", "category": "S", "name": "tin mine(s)", "description": "a mine where tin ore is extracted"}, {"code": "TOLL", "category": "S", "name": "toll gate/barrier", "description": "highway toll collection station"}, {"code": "TMB", "category": "S", "name": "tomb(s)", "description": "a structure for interring bodies"}, {"code": "TOWR", "category": "S", "name": "tower", "description": "a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter"}, {"code": "RDCR", "category": "S", "name": "traffic circle", "description": "a road junction formed around a central circle about which traffic moves in one direction only"}, {"code": "TRL", "category": "R", "name": "trail", "description": "a path, track, or route used by pedestrians, animals, or off-road vehicles"}, {"code": "TRANT", "category": "S", "name": "transit terminal", "description": "facilities for the handling of vehicular freight and passengers"}, {"code": "TREE", "category": "V", "name": "tree(s)", "description": "a conspicuous tree used as a landmark"}, {"code": "TRIG", "category": "S", "name": "triangulation station", "description": "a point on the earth whose position has been determined by triangulation"}, {"code": "TRB", "category": "L", "name": "tribal area", "description": "a tract of land used by nomadic or other tribes"}, {"code": "TUND", "category": "V", "name": "tundra", "description": "a marshy, treeless, high latitude plain, dominated by mosses, lichens, and low shrub vegetation under permafrost conditions"}, {"code": "TNL", "category": "R", "name": "tunnel", "description": "a subterranean passageway for transportation"}, {"code": "TNLS", "category": "R", "name": "tunnels", "description": "subterranean passageways for transportation"}, {"code": "CNLSB", "category": "H", "name": "underground irrigation canal(s)", "description": "a gently inclined underground tunnel bringing water for irrigation from aquifers"}, {"code": "LKSB", "category": "H", "name": "underground lake", "description": "a standing body of water in a cave"}, {"code": "APNU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea apron", "description": "a gentle slope, with a generally smooth surface, particularly found around groups of islands and seamounts"}, {"code": "ARCU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea arch", "description": "a low bulge around the southeastern end of the island of Hawaii"}, {"code": "ARRU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea arrugado", "description": "an area of subdued corrugations off Baja California"}, {"code": "BNKU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea bank", "description": "an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation"}, {"code": "BKSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea banks", "description": "elevations, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation"}, {"code": "BSNU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea basin", "description": "a depression more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent"}, {"code": "BNCU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea bench", "description": "a small terrace"}, {"code": "BDLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea borderland", "description": "a region adjacent to a continent, normally occupied by or bordering a shelf, that is highly irregular with depths well in excess of those typical of a shelf"}, {"code": "CNYU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea canyon", "description": "a relatively narrow, deep depression with steep sides, the bottom of which generally has a continuous slope"}, {"code": "CNSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea canyons", "description": "relatively narrow, deep depressions with steep sides, the bottom of which generally has a continuous slope"}, {"code": "CDAU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea cordillera", "description": "an entire mountain system including the 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"category": "U", "name": "undersea furrow", "description": "a closed, linear, narrow, shallow depression"}, {"code": "GAPU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea gap", "description": "a narrow break in a ridge or rise"}, {"code": "GLYU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea gully", "description": "a small valley-like feature"}, {"code": "HLLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea hill", "description": "an elevation rising generally less than 500 meters"}, {"code": "HLSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea hills", "description": "elevations rising generally less than 500 meters"}, {"code": "HOLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea hole", "description": "a small depression of the sea floor"}, {"code": "KNLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea knoll", "description": "an elevation rising generally more than 500 meters and less than 1,000 meters and of limited extent across the summit"}, {"code": "KNSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea knolls", "description": "elevations rising generally more than 500 meters and less than 1,000 meters and of limited extent across the summits"}, {"code": "LDGU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea ledge", "description": "a rocky projection or outcrop, commonly linear and near shore"}, {"code": "LEVU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea levee", "description": "an embankment bordering a canyon, valley, or seachannel"}, {"code": "MDVU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea median valley", "description": "the axial depression of the mid-oceanic ridge system"}, {"code": "MESU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea mesa", "description": "an isolated, extensive, flat-topped elevation on the shelf, with relatively steep sides"}, {"code": "MOTU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea moat", "description": "an annular depression that may not be continuous, located at the base of many seamounts, islands, and other isolated elevations"}, {"code": "MNDU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea mound", "description": "a low, isolated, rounded hill"}, {"code": "MTU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea mountain", "description": "a well-delineated subdivision of a large and complex positive feature"}, {"code": "MTSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea mountains", "description": "well-delineated subdivisions of a large and complex positive feature"}, {"code": "PKU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea peak", "description": "a prominent elevation, part of a larger feature, either pointed or of very limited extent across the summit"}, {"code": "PKSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea peaks", "description": "prominent elevations, part of a larger feature, either pointed or of very limited extent across the summit"}, {"code": "PNLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea pinnacle", "description": "a high tower or spire-shaped pillar of rock or coral, alone or cresting a summit"}, {"code": "PLNU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea plain", "description": "a flat, gently sloping or nearly level region"}, {"code": "PLTU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea plateau", "description": "a comparatively flat-topped feature of considerable extent, dropping off abruptly on one or more sides"}, {"code": "PLFU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea platform", "description": "a flat or gently sloping underwater surface extending seaward from the shore"}, {"code": "PRVU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea province", "description": "a region identifiable by a group of similar physiographic features whose characteristics are markedly in contrast with surrounding areas"}, {"code": "RMPU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea ramp", "description": "a gentle slope connecting areas of different elevations"}, {"code": "RNGU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea range", "description": "a series of associated ridges or seamounts"}, {"code": "RAVU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea ravine", "description": "a small canyon"}, {"code": "RFU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea reef", "description": "a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material"}, {"code": "RFSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea reefs", "description": "surface-navigation hazards composed of consolidated material"}, {"code": "RDGU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea ridge", "description": "a long narrow elevation with steep sides"}, {"code": "RDSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea ridges", "description": "long narrow elevations with steep sides"}, {"code": "RISU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea rise", "description": "a broad elevation that rises gently, and generally smoothly, from the sea floor"}, {"code": "SDLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea saddle", "description": "a low part, resembling in shape a saddle, in a ridge or between contiguous seamounts"}, {"code": "SHFU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea shelf", "description": "a zone adjacent to a continent (or around an island) that extends from the low water line to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards oceanic depths"}, {"code": "EDGU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea shelf edge", "description": "a line along which there is a marked increase of slope at the outer margin of a continental shelf or island shelf"}, {"code": "SHVU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea shelf valley", "description": "a valley on the shelf, generally the shoreward extension of a canyon"}, {"code": "SHLU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea shoal", "description": "a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material"}, {"code": "SHSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea shoals", "description": "hazards to surface navigation composed of unconsolidated material"}, {"code": "SILU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea sill", "description": "the low part of an underwater gap or saddle separating basins, including a similar feature at the mouth of a fjord"}, {"code": "SLPU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea slope", "description": "the slope seaward from the shelf edge to the beginning of a continental rise or the point where there is a general reduction in slope"}, {"code": "SPRU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea spur", "description": "a subordinate elevation, ridge, or rise projecting outward from a larger feature"}, {"code": "TERU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea terrace", "description": "a relatively flat horizontal or gently inclined surface, sometimes long and narrow, which is bounded by a steeper ascending slope on one side and by a steep descending slope on the opposite side"}, {"code": "TNGU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea tongue", "description": "an elongate (tongue-like) extension of a flat sea floor into an adjacent higher feature"}, {"code": "TRNU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea trench", "description": "a long, narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides"}, {"code": "TRGU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea trough", "description": "a long depression of the sea floor characteristically flat bottomed and steep sided, and normally shallower than a trench"}, {"code": "VALU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea valley", "description": "a relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient"}, {"code": "VLSU", "category": "U", "name": "undersea valleys", "description": "a relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient"}, {"code": "USGE", "category": "S", "name": "United States Government Establishment", "description": "a facility operated by the United States Government in Panama"}, {"code": "UPLD", "category": "T", "name": "upland", "description": "an extensive interior region of high land with low to moderate surface relief"}, {"code": "VAL", "category": "T", "name": "valley", "description": "an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream"}, {"code": "VALS", "category": "T", "name": "valleys", "description": "elongated depressions usually traversed by a stream"}, {"code": "VETF", "category": "S", "name": "veterinary facility", "description": "a building or camp at which veterinary services are available"}, {"code": "VIN", "category": "V", "name": "vineyard", "description": "a planting of grapevines"}, {"code": "VINS", "category": "V", "name": "vineyards", "description": "plantings of grapevines"}, {"code": "VLC", "category": "T", "name": "volcano", "description": "a conical elevation composed of volcanic materials with a crater at the top"}, {"code": "WAD", "category": "H", "name": "wadi", "description": "a valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East"}, {"code": "WADB", "category": "H", "name": "wadi bend", "description": "a conspicuously curved or bent segment of a wadi"}, {"code": "WADJ", "category": "H", "name": "wadi junction", "description": "a place where two or more wadies join"}, {"code": "WADM", "category": "H", "name": "wadi mouth", "description": "the lower terminus of a wadi where it widens into an adjoining floodplain, depression, or waterbody"}, {"code": "WADS", "category": "H", "name": "wadies", "description": "valleys or ravines, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season become watercourses; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East"}, {"code": "WALL", "category": "S", "name": "wall", "description": "a thick masonry structure, usually enclosing a field or building, or forming the side of a structure"}, {"code": "MLWTR", "category": "S", "name": "water mill", "description": "a mill powered by running water"}, {"code": "PMPW", "category": "S", "name": "water pumping station", "description": "a facility for pumping water from a major well or through a pipeline"}, {"code": "RSVT", "category": "H", "name": "water tank", "description": "a contained pool or tank of water at, below, or above ground level"}, {"code": "WTRC", "category": "H", "name": "watercourse", "description": "a natural, well-defined channel produced by flowing water, or an artificial channel designed to carry flowing water"}, {"code": "FLLS", "category": "H", "name": "waterfall(s)", "description": "a perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream"}, {"code": "WTRH", "category": "H", "name": "waterhole(s)", "description": "a natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas"}, {"code": "WTRW", "category": "S", "name": "waterworks", "description": "a facility for supplying potable water through a water source and a system of pumps and filtration beds"}, {"code": "WEIR", "category": "S", "name": "weir(s)", "description": "a small dam in a stream, designed to raise the water level or to divert stream flow through a desired channel"}, {"code": "WLL", "category": "H", "name": "well", "description": "a cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface"}, {"code": "WLLS", "category": "H", "name": "wells", "description": "cylindrical holes, pits, or tunnels drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface"}, {"code": "WTLD", "category": "H", "name": "wetland", "description": "an area subject to inundation, usually characterized by bog, marsh, or swamp vegetation"}, {"code": "STNW", "category": "S", "name": "whaling station", "description": "a facility for butchering whales and processing train oil"}, {"code": "WHRF", "category": "S", "name": "wharf(-ves)", "description": "a structure of open rather than solid construction along a shore or a bank which provides berthing for ships and cargo-handling facilities"}, {"code": "WHRL", "category": "H", "name": "whirlpool", "description": "a turbulent, rotating movement of water in a stream"}, {"code": "RESW", "category": "L", "name": "wildlife reserve", "description": "a tract of public land reserved for the preservation of wildlife"}, {"code": "MLWND", "category": "S", "name": "windmill", "description": "a mill or water pump powered by wind"}, {"code": "WRCK", "category": "S", "name": "wreck", "description": "the site of the remains of a wrecked vessel"}, {"code": "ZN", "category": "A", "name": "zone", "description": "zone"}, {"code": "ZOO", "category": "S", "name": "zoo", "description": "a zoological garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition"}]}