Cartographic
Dislocation
Definition: When a name or title is originally used to
designate one land feature and over
time is switched to another.
Why it happens. Cartographers use their own surveys, old
maps and interviews to help build a new map.
When their current data does not match the old
data they make a “best guess” and accidentally move the title to designate a different item then they name was
originally used for.