NIS Gazetteer Mexico

Approved for Release: 2025/06/17 C07105684 FOREWORD This gazetteer contains about 53,000 entries for places and features in Mexico. The entries include approved standard names and unapproved variant names, the latter cross-referenced to the standard names. *Users of the gazetteer should always refer to main entries for approved names.* The names in this gazetteer supersede those in all previous Board lists for the area. The scale of map coverage is about 1:500,000. Interpretation of entries It has been necessary to express in code numbers and letters some of the information in the gazetteer in order to accommodate it to the machine method of tabulation. Name.—Approved standard names and unapproved variant names appear in the first column. The variant names are always cross-referenced to the approved names by use of the word “see.” Where part of a standard name is underlined, the use of the nonunderlined part is optional. Where two or more names are approved for a feature, each is identified in parentheses and any or all may be used. Names that consist of specific and other elements are regularly alphabetized by specific part; thus Río de las Abejas is listed as Abejas, Río de las. Diacritical marks include the acute accent (as in Río), the tilde (Cañada), and the dieresis (Aguero). The same marks are to be used whether the names are in all capitals or in capital-and-lower-case letters. Designation.—The second column contains designations or abbreviations of designations, as follows: ADMD administrative division LAKS lakes ANCH anchorage LBED lake bed AREA geographical area LDNG landing BANK bank(s) MESA mesa(s) BAR bar, sandbar MIRE mire BAY bay MRSH marsh BGHT bight MT mountain BTTE buttes MTS mountains, mountain system CAPE cape PASS pass CAVE cave, caverns PEAK peak CHAN channel PEN peninsula CLIF cliff, bluff PLN plain, inland basin CNAL canal POND pond CNYN canyon POOL pool COVE cove(s) POPL populated place DIST federal district PRMT promontory DSRT desert PT point ENTR entrance to bay or lagoon RCKS rocks FORD ford RDGE ridge GRGE gorge, ravine REEF reef(s) GULF gulf REGN region HEAD headland REP republic HILL hill RMTH stream mouth HLLS hills, range of hills RNCH ranch INLT inlet ROCK rock INTL intermittent lake RSTA railway station ISL island, islet RSVR reservoir ISLS islands, islets SHOL shoal ISTH isthmus SINK sinkhole KEY key SITE archeological site, ruins LAGN lagoon SND sound LAKE lake 1 Approved for Release: 2025/06/17 C07105684