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Stinking Lake (New Mexico)

Coordinates: 36°37′21.5″N 106°52′0.9″W / 36.622639°N 106.866917°W / 36.622639; -106.866917
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Stinking Lake
Burford Lake
Location of lake in New Mexico.
Location of lake in New Mexico.
Stinking Lake
LocationRio Arriba County, New Mexico
Coordinates36°37′21.5″N 106°52′0.9″W / 36.622639°N 106.866917°W / 36.622639; -106.866917
Typelake

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

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  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.