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Big Butt Mountainpeak of Newfound Mountain on the Buncombe-Haywood county line. Alt. 4,744.
Big Butt MountainW Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On Mount Sterling Ridge near lat. 35°40'20" N., long. 83°10'10" W.
Big Buttemountain 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 MountainW Avery County.
Big Cataloochee MountainW 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 Baldmountain on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 4,970.
Big Chinquapin BranchSee Chinquapin Branch.
Big Colington IslandSee Colington Island.
Big Colly BayNE Bladen County, approx. 5½ mi. long. Colly Creek rises there. Probably named for the obsolete adjective "colly," meaning grimy or coal-black.
Big CoveNE Transylvania County E of Cat Ridge.