The Hebridean Whisky Trail features seven distilleries spread across five islands off of Scotland’s northwest coast. The ...

For those who live in places that observe Daylight Saving Time ... Throughout North America, indigenous names for the March lunar cycle reflect this increased activity throughout the biosphere.

Wherever you go in the world, people have heard of Ben Nevis. Britain’s highest mountain is a bucket list prize for hikers of all ages and abilities, but how hard is it to climb? The answer to that ...

“In those days, the area would have been heavily forested, so, the clans had to go to the top of a mountain to see clearly, as there were no maps ... So there is no better place to erect a tribute to ...

It takes grit as well as grace to start up on your own business at just 21. But that was the year the super-energetic Liam Jones from ...

There is huge interest in Irish place-names because the Anglicised versions that we know today hide and obfuscate the ...

'The Dovey' is a handsome, sprawling, classic pub, with a tremendous beer garden. Inside, it's great for watching sport and ...

when online maps were newer, we saw these companies putting out long, detailed statements and policies about how they were going to handle disputed boundaries and place names, almost like they ...

Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System ...

DON’T MISS: Are your maps accurate? How these tools can struggle to capture our world Many longstanding place names came from Indigenous peoples, explorers, and colonizers—and those labels tend to ...

In the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the agency in charge of making maps. In his executive order ...

The TAC has more than 300 place names on its own interactive map, with pronunciation recordings, and is continuing to update its dictionary. Names that have not received government designation ...