New Mexico Gazetteer
Zu├▒i Salt Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Catron County. The primary coordinates for Zu├▒i Salt Lake places it within the NM 87829 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Zu├▒i Salt Lake |
| Category: | New Mexico physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Lake |
| History: | Although several Indian tribes consider this saline lake a sacred source of salt, the lake belongs to the Zunis. Onate visited the lake in 1598, and it appears sa Salina de Zuni on Miera y Pachoeco's 1775 maps. It appears in other Spanish documents by its Spanish name, Laguna Salada. When the boundaries of the Zuni Reservation were drawn in 1877, the lake was excluded and commerical operations were begun, but in the 1970s the Zunis resumed ownership. |
| County: | Catron County |
| Latitude: | 34.4495161 |
| Longitude: | -108.7686106 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Zu├▒i Salt Lake: Zuñi Salt Lake.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Zu├▒i Salt Lake does not include property ownership information.
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