Carson Sink

Carson Sink is a approximately 300 square miles playa next to a swampy lowland, approximately 100 sq mi in the northeastern portion of the Carson Desert in present-day , United States of America, that was formerly the terminus of the .
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  • Depression with an elevation of 3,885 feet (1,184 metres)
  • Description: dry lake in Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Also known as
    “Carson Desert”
    “Lower Carson Lake”
    “Lower Sink of the Carson”

Carson Sink

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Latitude
39.93352° or 39° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
-118.31431° or 118° 18′ 52″ west
Open location code
85F3WMMP+C7
Geo­Names ID
5501377
Wiki­data ID
Q5046961

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Slovenian—“Carson Sink” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Carson Sink”
  • Cebuano: “Carson Sink”
  • Dutch: “Carson Sink”
  • French: “Carson Sink”
  • German: “Carson Sink”
  • Italian: “Carson Sink”
  • Japanese: “カーソンシンク”
  • Slovenian: “Carson Sink”

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