Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

That's strange! As is the town's name, given that the original city overlooked the sea. Still, I guess there's no rule about that: in Europe, York and Orleans are both inland cities. Boston correlates better as the less famous UK town is also a port like it's namesake.

Is it ok to slap the same name on a completely different place?
* googles Lake Everest, The Amazon Desert*