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NIS Gazetteer Mexico

Central Intelligence Agency · 2025-08-25 · 757 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is the National Intelligence Survey Gazetteer for Mexico, published by the Central Intelligence Agency in March 1956 and prepared by the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior. It contains about 53,000 entries for places and features in Mexico. It gives official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names along with unapproved variant names, and lists coordinates, feature designations and map references. It is marked for official use only and has no UFO content.

  • p. 135 …CLARIÓN, ISLA ISL 18 22 N 114 44 W 702 02 CLARION ISLAND SEE CLARIÓN, ISLA…
  • p. 546 …38 W 702 00 SAN BARTOLOMÉ SEE CLARIÓN, ISLA ISL 18 22 N 114 44 W…
  • p. 632 …12 W 702 00 SANTA ROSA SEE CLARIÓN ISLA ISL 18 22 N 114 44 W…
  • p. 633 …W 702 02 SANTA ROSA ISLAND SEE CLARIÓN ISLA ISL 18 22 N 114 44 W…

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CHUPADEROS	POPL	24 33 N	98 31 W	702	02
CHUPADEROS SEE LOS CHUPADEROS	POPL	26 46 N	100 13 W	702	00
CHUPADEROS	POPL	26 58 N	105 29 W	702	02
CHUPADEROS	POPL	27 12 N	104 39 W	702	02
CHUPADEROS	RSTA	24 50 N	103 49 W	702	02
CHUPADEROS, CERRO DE LOS	MT	29 34 N	106 09 W	702	02
CHUPANGUIO	RSTA	19 17 N	101 52 W	702	01
CHUPANGUIO, RÍO	STRM	19 10 N	101 54 W	702	01
CHUPAGE, SIERRA SEE
CHORRERAS, SIERRA	MTS	28 58 N	104 57 W	702	00
CHUPARDERO SEE CHUPADERO	POPL	28 52 N	104 46 W	702	00
CHUPARROSA SEE CHAPARROSA	POPL	29 29 N	101 11 W	702	00
CHUPARROSA, CERRO	MT	16 27 N	95 57 W	702	01
CHUPÍCUARO	POPL	20 01 N	101 09 W	702	01
CHUPÍCUARO	POPL	20 05 N	100 35 W	702	01
CHUPÍSONORA	POPL	29 37 N	110 48 W	702	02
CHURARA	POPL	28 46 N	109 09 W	702	02
CHURI, CERRO	MT	28 43 N	110 29 W	702	02
CHURICHIC	POPL	26 43 N	106 49 W	702	02
CHURIJAS SEE CHURYAS	POPL	19 31 N	90 37 W	702	00
CHURINTZIO	POPL	20 09 N	102 04 W	702	01
CHURO	POPL	27 22 N	107 54 W	702	02
CHURUBUSCO	POPL	21 45 N	102 17 W	702	01
CHURUMUCO	POPL	18 37 N	101 38 W	702	01
CHURURUMU	SITE	27 15 N	109 46 W	702	02
CHURYAS	POPL	19 31 N	90 37 W	702	01
CHUSMUK	POPL	17 35 N	91 21 W	702	01
CHUSPAC, ARROYO	STRM	17 10 N	90 37 W	702	01
CHUSPAC, RÍO SEE CHUSPAC, ARROYO	STRM	17 10 N	93 37 W	702	00
CHUTA SEE CHULA	POPL	18 03 N	102 39 W	702	00
CHUTLA SEE BOCA DE CHUTLA	POPL	17 55 N	101 47 W	702	00
CHUTUMAL, BANÍA SEE CHETUMAL BAY	BAY	18 20 N	88 05 W	702	00
CHUVETA SEE CHAVETA	POPL	17 43 N	101 24 W	702	00
CHUVICHIC	POPL	27 49 N	106 44 W	702	02
CHUVÍSCAR	POPL	28 33 N	106 16 W	702	02
CHUVÍSCAR, RÍO	STRM	28 32 N	105 25 W	702	02
CHUYTAB	POPL	21 04 N	88 10 W	702	01

CIANO DE ABAJO	POPL	22 47 N	103 32 W	702	02
CIANO DE ARRIBA	POPL	22 47 N	103 31 W	702	02
CIARI, ISLA SEE CIARIS, ISLA	ISL	26 58 N	109 56 W	702	00
CIARIS, ESTERO	LAGN	27 01 N	109 59 W	702	00
CIARIS, ESTERO DE SEE CIARIS, ESTERO	LAGN	27 01 N	109 59 W	702	00
CIARIS, ISLA	ISL	26 58 N	109 56 W	702	02
CIPOLO, CAÑON DEL SEE ÓBOLO, CARÓN DEL	CNYN	29 26 N	102 10 W	702	00
CIBUTA	POPL	31 04 N	110 54 W	702	02
CIBUTA	RSTA	31 04 N	110 54 W	702	02
CIBUTA, CERRO	MT	31 02 N	110 58 W	702	02
CIEGA, BOCA	ENTR	25 00 N	97 32 W	702	02
CIELO	POPL	21 50 N	99 41 W	702	01
CIENAGA SEE LA CIENEGA	POPL	19 35 N	100 17 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE LA CIENAGA	POPL	20 22 N	99 41 W	702	00
CIENAGA	POPL	21 01 N	99 03 W	702	01
CIENAGA	POPL	21 06 N	100 00 W	702	01
CIENAGA	POPL	21 19 N	99 26 W	702	01
CIENAGA SEE CIENEGA	POPL	21 20 N	103 41 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE LA CIENEGA	POPL	21 48 N	103 52 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE CIENEGA	POPL	22 26 N	103 25 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE CIENEGA	POPL	22 40 N	102 59 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE CIENEGA	POPL	22 46 N	104 17 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE CIENEGA	POPL	25 35 N	108 05 W	702	00
CIENAGA SEE LA CIENEGA	POPL	30 52 N	110 38 W	702	00
CIENAGA	SITE	26 36 N	107 48 W	702	02
CIENAGA, ARROYO DE LA SEE LA CIENAGA, ARROYO DE	STRM	32 18 N	116 34 W	702	00
CIENAGA DE CENICEROS	POPL	26 48 N	105 26 W	702	02
CIENAGA DE CHIPES	POPL	26 58 N	106 14 W	702	02
CIENAGA DE FLORES	POPL	25 57 N	100 11 W	702	02
CIENAGA DEL ALAMO	POPL	29 08 N	107 19 W	702	02
CIENAGA DEL CARNEN	POPL	25 31 N	101 54 W	702	02
CIENAGA DEL TORO	POPL	25 05 N	100 21 W	702	02
CIENAGA DE MATA	POPL	19 47 N	103 22 W	702	01
CIENAGA DE ORTIZ SEE CIENEGA DE ORTIZ	POPL	28 08 N	106 13 W	702	00

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