Fill in the blanks: ________ in ________ is named for the explorer.
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One example of a geographical feature named after an explorer is Mount McKinley in Alaska, named after President William McKinley, who was an advocate for the gold standard and had never actually visited the mountain. ;
The Hudson River in New York is named after English explorer Henry Hudson, who explored the area in 1609. Another example is Columbus, Ohio, named after Christopher Columbus, which portrays the influence of explorers on geographical naming. These names serve to honor the explorers' contributions to the discovery and development of regions.
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