Here is a map of 2.3 million places (160MB geodatabase) that have official US Board on Geographic Names names. When color coded by their elevation they look like this…
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Adventures In Mapping 
Now that you’ve brought this up, we’re going to need some actual analysis of names by elevation. Are there certain terms that are much more likely to occur in the 1000′-3000′ range? Are there surprising examples of lowland terms up in the mountains or vice versa? What’s the highest example of “shore” or the lowest example of “peak”?
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Joe, this is a great idea.
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