Stinking Lake (New Mexico)

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Stinking Lake
Burford Lake
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Stinking Lake
Location Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Coordinates 36°37′21.5″N106°52′0.9″W / 36.622639°N 106.866917°W / 36.622639; -106.866917
Type lake

Stinking Lake (also known as Burford Lake) is a lake in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in the United States. [1]

Stinking is likely borrowed from the Tewa-language name. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Lake (New Mexico)
  2. ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 462. ISBN   978-0-8061-3598-4.
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