West Tank

West Tank is a reservoir in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,677 feet. West Tank is situated nearby to the hamlet Jicarilla, as well as near Luna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jicarilla and Ancho.

Jicarilla

Hamlet

Photo: Dsrtmntgirl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jicarilla is a ghost town in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It became a boomtown in 1892 following the discovery of gold and coal in the nearby Jicarilla Mountains.

Ancho is an unincorporated desert hamlet in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is located west of the Lincoln National Forest, 2 miles east of U.S. Highway 54, and north of the town of Carrizozo. Ancho is situated 5 miles west of West Tank.

West Tank

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.91813° or 33° 55′ 5″ north

Longitude

-105.65471° or 105° 39′ 17″ west

Elevation

6,677 feet (2,035 metres)

Open location code

855PW89W+74

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357600159

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=reservoir

GeoNames ID

5497568

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