Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Big Butt Mountain |
peak of Newfound Mountain on the Buncombe-Haywood county line. Alt. 4,744. |
| Big Butte |
mountain on the Buncombe-Yancey county line SW of Flat Springs Gap. Alt. 6,001. Formerly known as Wilson Knob Mountain; also called Yeates Knob. |
| Big Butte Mountain |
W Avery County. |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain |
W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A Balsam Mountain peak, alt. 6,122, near lat. 35°40'25" N., long. 83°10'27" W. Known briefly in the 1890s as Nibb's Knob after a member of the U.S. Geological Survey party attempted to name the peak for himself. |
| Big Chestnut Bald |
mountain on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 4,970. |
| Big Chinquapin Branch |
See Chinquapin Branch. |
| Big Colington Island |
See Colington Island. |
| Big Colly Bay |
NE Bladen County, approx. 5½ mi. long. Colly Creek rises there. Probably named for the obsolete adjective "colly," meaning grimy or coal-black. |
| Big Cove |
NE Transylvania County E of Cat Ridge. |
| Big Cove Branch |
rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW into Dan Holland Creek. |