Maruata.—Lat. 18° 17', long. 103° 20', sea level. Place name for a Nineteenth Century port of little importance near the mouth of the Río Coire; sandy beach, fresh-water lagoon, and arid tropical scrub forest.
Mexcala (Laguna).—Lat. 18° 29', long. 103° 41', sea level. A brackish lagoon surrounded by mangroves, located just southwest of El Ticuiz.
Mil Cumbres.—Lat. 19° 39', long. 100° 47', elev. 2800 m. A name for a look-out on the México-Morelia highway in Atzimba National Park, about 32 kilometers by road west-southwest of Ciudad Hidalgo; pine and fir forest.
Mira (La).—Lat. 18° 05', long. 102° 20', elev. 20 m. A small village about 5 kilometers north-northeast of Playa Azul; arid tropical scrub forest.
Morelia.—Lat. 19° 43', long. 101° 10', elev. 1900 m. Capital of and largest city in Michoacán; mesquite-grassland on flats and pine-oak forest on surrounding hills.
Morelia (Río de).—A small, intermittent stream originating in the mountains south of Morelia and emptying into Lago de Cuitzeo.
Motín del Oro.—Lat. 18° 14', long. 103° 48', sea level. A ranch on the Pacific coast; arid tropical scrub forest.
Motín (Río).—Lat. 18° 13', long. 103° 48' (mouth). A small river flowing from the Sierra de Coalcomán into the Pacific Ocean.
Nahuatzen (Nauhuatzin).—Lat. 19° 42', long. 101° 50', elev. 2450 m. A Tarascan village in the mountains west of Lago de Pátzcuaro; pine forest.
Nexpa (Río).—Lat. 18° 05', long. 102° 47' (mouth). A large river draining the central part of the Sierra de Coalcomán, originating near Aguililla, and flowing into the Pacific Ocean.