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estación
railroad station
punta
point, headland, mountain, hill
estado
state
rio
river, stream, channel, lagoon
estero
stream, channel, strait, estuary, inlet, lagoon, bay, cove
risco
cliff
estrecho
strait
roca
headland, cliff
fondeadero
anchorage
ruinas
ruins
golfo
gulf
salinas
salt marsh
isla(s)
island(s), key, peninsula
serranía(s)
mountain range, mountainous region
islote
islet
sierra
mountains
istmo
isthmus
sierrita
mountains
lago
lake
tanque
tank, reservoir, well
laguna(s)
lagoon, lake(s), intermittent lake, marsh, channel, bay
territorio
territory
lagunita
lake
tetillas
mountains
llano(s)
plain(s)
vado
ford
loma(s)
mountain(s), hill(s)
vaso
lake bed
mar
lagoon
volcán
volcano, hill, mountain
marismas
marshes
zanjón
stream
mesa
mesa, plateau, mountain
Reporting of errors
meseta
plateau
mesilla
plateau
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.
monte
mountain
morro
headland, point, promontory, hill
Other gazetteers
municipio
administrative division
nevado
snow-capped mountain, peak
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:
ojito
spring
ojo(s), ojo de agua
spring(s), well, pond
1. Integración Territorial de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos: Séptimo Censo General de Población 1950, Secretaría de Economía, Dirección General de Estadística, México, 1952. Location by administrative division.
paso
pass, strait, lagoon, entrance to lagoon
peña
mountain
2. American Geographical Society, Index to Map of Hispanic America 1:1,000,000, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1945.
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
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