Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN)[1] is an independent government agency in the United Kingdom. Its function is to establish standard names for places outside the UK, but not including Antarctica.[2] The decisions about names are for the use of the British government.
History[change | change source]
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names was established in 1919.[3]
Over the years, the representative members have grown to include
- British Broadcasting Corporation[4]
- Defence Intelligence Staff[4]
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office[4]
- Government Communications Headquarters[4]
- Hydrographic Office[4]
- Ordnance Survey[4]
- Royal Geographical Society[4]
- Royal Scottish Geographical Society[4]