Geographical Names

Geographical names are names of places. Like names of people [see Names], names of places are not generally preceded by an article.
Ex:
Asia
India
Paris
Texas
Central Park

Some geographical names - especially names of mountain ranges and of islands - are plural. In this case, they are usually preceded by the. Let's see examples in the table below.

Mountain ranges	the Andes | the Rockies | the Himalayas
Islands	the West Indies | the Canaries | the Bahamas
Others	the Netherlands | the Midlands (= part of England)

With two-word names for the following features, we normally use the.

(1) Hill and mountanin ranges:
the Appalachian Mountains
the Black Hills

(2) "Watery" places such as seas, canals, islands:
the Indian Ocean
the Black Sea
the Suez Canal
the Canary Islands

(3) "Manmade" places such as buildings, etc:
the Globe Theatre
the Hilton Hotel
the British Museum
the National Gallery
the Albert Hall
the Eiffel Tower

Note: no the is added if the first part of the name is possessive. Example: Brown's Hotel | Guy's Hospital | St. John's Church

The names of rivers, lakes, and mountains are often in the opposite order to the examples above: not "name word" + "general word", but "general word" + "name word".
Ex:
the (river) Thames | the (river) Amazon | the (river) Seine
Lake Erie | Lake Titacaca | Lake Baikal
(Mount) Vesuvius | (Mount) Everest | Ben Nevis

Note: As we see above, the word mount or river is often omitted.

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