Southwest
Nevada
Esmeralda

Columbus

Columbus was a borax mining boom town in . Its remnants are located on the edge of the Columbus Salt Marsh.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada
  • Also known as: “Columbus, Nevada” and “Columbus, NV”

Columbus

Latitude
38.11021° or 38° 6′ 37″ north
Longitude
-118.01928° or 118° 1′ 9″ west
Elevation
4,560 feet (1,390 metres)
Open location code
85C34X6J+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150941042
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5502060
Wiki­data ID
Q5149979
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Columbus” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “哥倫布”
  • Navajo: “Teełtah Tó Díkʼǫ́zhí (kinsááʼ)”
  • Navajo: “Teełtah Tó Díkʼǫ́zhí”
  • Russian: “Колумбус”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Columbus”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.