estación railroad station
estacion railroad station
estado state
estero stream, channel, strait, estuary, inlet,
lagoon, bay, cove
estrecho strait
fondeadero anchorage
golfo gulf
isla(s) island(s), key, peninsula
islote islet
istmo isthmus
lago lake
laguna(s) lagoon, lake(s), intermittent lake, marsh,
channel, bay
lagunita lake
llano(s) plain(s)
loma(s) mountain(s), hill(s)
mar lagoon
marismas marshes
mesa mesa, plateau, mountain
meseta plateau
mesilla plateau
monte mountain
morro headland, point, promontory, hill
municipio administrative division
nevado snow-capped mountain, peak
ojito spring
ojo(s), ojo de agua spring(s), well, pond
paso pass, strait, lagoon, entrance to lagoon
peña mountain
peñasco hill
península peninsula
picacho(s) mountain(s), hill(s)
pico(s) mountain(s)
piedra rock
planicie plains region
potrero pasture, valley
presa reservoir, lake
presón lake
puerto cove, bay, bight, pass
punta point, headland, mountain, hill
río river, stream, channel, lagoon
risco cliff
roca headland, cliff
ruinas ruins
salinas salt marsh
serranía(s) mountain range, mountainous region
sierra mountains
sierrita mountains
tanque tank, reservoir, well
territorio territory
tetillas mountains
vado ford
vaso lake bed
volcán volcano, hill, mountain
zanjón stream
Reporting of errors
It is requested that all who use this gazetteer aid in its correction for future printings by reporting errors to the Board on Geographic Names, Interior Department Building, Washington 25, D. C. A statement of the source of the correct information will be helpful.
Other gazetteers
The following publications may be useful as finding lists, though the names in them are not necessarily those approved by the Board as standard names:
1. Integración Territorial de los Estados Unidos Mexico Séptimo Censo General de Población 1950, Secretaría de Economía, Dirección General de Estadística, México, 1952. Location by administrative division.
2. American Geographical Society, Index to Map of Hispanic America 1:1,000,000, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1945.