Humboldt Sink
The Humboldt Sink is an intermittent dry lake bed, approximately 11 miles long, and 4 miles across, in northwestern Nevada in the United States. The body of water in the sink is known as Humboldt Lake.- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,890 feet (1,190 metres)
- Description: anhydrous basin
- Also known as“Humboldt Valley”“Unknown Lake”
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Latitude
39.99516° or 39° 59′ 43″ north
Longitude
-118.62226° or 118° 37′ 20″ west
Open location code
85F3X9WH+33
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = desert
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Humboldt Sink” goes by many names.
Humboldt SinkCatalan
Humboldt SinkCebuano
洪堡乾湖Chinese
Humboldt SinkGalician
אגן הומבולדטHebrew
Humboldt SinkItalian
ハンボルト・シンクJapanese
フンボルトシンクJapanese
フンボルト凹地Japanese
Humboldt SinkSlovenian
Humboldt SinkSwedish
Humboldt SinkWelsh
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