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Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy, located a short distance northwest of , in the .
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  • Type: Reserve
  • Description: research laboratory initially involved in the design of nuclear weapons
  • Also known as: “LANL”, “Los Alamos Laboratory”, “Los Alamos National Laboratories”, “Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory”, and “Project Y”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tsirege.

Ruins
is a classic Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located north of Pajarito Road about one mile west of on property owned by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include White Rock and Los Alamos.

Town
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in . It is one of two major population centers in the county; the other is . is situated 2½ miles east of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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is a small town in , about an hour northwest of . Its claim to fame is the National Laboratory, where Oppenheimer and other physicists created the world's first atomic bomb during World War II, concluding the Golden Age of Modern Physics and heralding the Atomic Age.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in , , along New Mexico Highway 502. It is the location of a Tewa Market & Fuel, operated by , the only buildings in the community. is situated 5 miles northeast of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Latitude
35.83336° or 35° 50′ 0″ north
Longitude
-106.25086° or 106° 15′ 3″ west
Elevation
6,739 feet (2,054 metres)
Open location code
857MRPMX+8M
Geo­Names ID
5476844
Wiki­data ID
Q379848
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Los Alamos National Laboratory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مختبر لوس ألاموس الوطني”
  • Armenian: “LANL”
  • Armenian: “LANS”
  • Armenian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Armenian: “ԼԱԱԼ”
  • Armenian: “Լոս Ալամոս ազգային լաբորատորիա”
  • Armenian: “Լոս Ալամոսի Ազգային լաբորատորիա”
  • Armenian: “Լոս Ալամոսի Ազգային Լաբորատորիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Los Alamos Milli Laboratoriyası”
  • Basque: “Los Alamosko Laborategi Nazionala”
  • Belarusian: “Лос-Аламаская нацыянальная лабараторыя”
  • Bengali: “লস আলামস ন্যাশনাল ল্যাবরেটরি”
  • Breton: “Arnodva Broadel Los Alamos”
  • Breton: “Labourva Broadel Los Alamos”
  • Bulgarian: “Лос-Аламоска национална лаборатория”
  • Bulgarian: “Лосаламоска национална лаборатория”
  • Catalan: “Laboratori Nacional de Los Alamos”
  • Catalan: “Laboratori Nacional de Los Álamos”
  • Catalan: “Laboratori Nacional Los Alamos”
  • Chinese: “洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室”
  • Chinese: “洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室”
  • Chinese: “洛斯阿拉莫斯实验室”
  • Chinese: “洛斯阿拉莫斯實驗室”
  • Chinese: “洛斯阿拉莫斯科學實驗室”
  • Czech: “LANL”
  • Czech: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Czech: “Národní laboratoř Los Alamos”
  • Czech: “projekt Y”
  • Danish: “Los Alamos laboratoriet”
  • Danish: “Los Alamos National Lab”
  • Danish: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Danish: “Los Alamos-instituttet”
  • Danish: “Los Alamos-laboratoriet”
  • Dutch: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Dutch: “Los Alamos”
  • Esperanto: “Usona Nacia Laboratorio Los Alamos”
  • Estonian: “Los Alamose Riiklik Labor”
  • Finnish: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Finnish: “Los Alamos”
  • French: “Laboratoire de Los Alamos”
  • French: “Laboratoire national de los alamos”
  • French: “Laboratoire national de Los Alamos”
  • French: “Laboratoire scientifique de Los Alamos”
  • French: “LANL”
  • French: “Los Alamos Laboratory”
  • French: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Galician: “Laboratorio Nacional de Los Alamos”
  • Galician: “Laboratorio Nacional de Los Álamos”
  • Galician: “Los Alamos”
  • Georgian: “ლოს-ალმოსის ეროვნული ლაბორატორია”
  • German: “LANL”
  • German: “Los Alamos Laboratory”
  • German: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • German: “Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory”
  • Greek: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Greek: “Εθνικό Εργαστήριο του Λος Άλαμος”
  • Hebrew: “המעבדה הלאומית לוס אלמוס”
  • Hebrew: “לוס אלמוס”
  • Hebrew: “מעבדות לוס אלאמוס”
  • Hebrew: “מעבדות לוס אלמוס”
  • Hebrew: “מעבדות לוס-אלאמוס”
  • Hebrew: “מעבדת לוס אלמוס”
  • Indonesian: “Laboratorium Nasional Los Alamos”
  • Indonesian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Irish: “Saotharlann Náisiúnta Los Alamos”
  • Italian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Japanese: “ロス・アラモス研究所”
  • Japanese: “ロスアラモス国立研究所”
  • Japanese: “ロスアラモス研究所”
  • Korean: “로스알라모스 연구소”
  • Korean: “로스앨러모스 국립연구소”
  • Korean: “로스앨러모스 연구소”
  • Latvian: “Losalamosas Nacionālā laboratorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Los Alamoso nacionalinė laboratorija”
  • Malay: “Makmal Negara Los Alamos”
  • Mingrelian: “ლოს-ალამოსიშ ერუანული ლაბორატორია”
  • Mongolian: “Лос Аламосын Үндэсний Лаборатори”
  • Mongolian: “Лос Аламосын Үндэсний Лабратори”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “LANL”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Los Alamos Laboratory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Norwegian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Laboratòri Nacionau de Los Alamos”
  • Ossetian: “Лос-Аламосы национ лаборатори”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه ملی لاس آلاموس”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاهٔ ملی لاس آلاموس”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه ملی لس آلاموس”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه ملی لوس آلاموس”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاه ملی لاس الاموس”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاهٔ ملی لاس الاموس”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاه ملی لوس الاموس”
  • Polish: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Polish: “Narodowe Laboratorium Los Alamos”
  • Portuguese: “Laboratório Nacional de Los Alamos”
  • Portuguese: “Laboratório Nacional de Los Álamos”
  • Portuguese: “Site Y”
  • Romanian: “Laboratorul Naţional Los Alamos”
  • Romanian: “Laboratorul Național Los Alamos”
  • Romanian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Russian: “LANL”
  • Russian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Russian: “ЛАНЛ”
  • Russian: “Лос-Аламосская лаборатория”
  • Russian: “Лос-Аламосская национальная лаборатория”
  • Scots: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Slovenian: “LANL”
  • Slovenian: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalni laboratorij Los Alamos”
  • Slovenian: “Narodni laboratorij Los Alamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Los Alamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Los Álamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Los Alamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Los Álamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Nacional de Los Alamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Nacional de Los Álamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Nacional Los Alamos”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Nacional Los Álamos”
  • Spanish: “LANL”
  • Spanish: “Los Alamos Laboratory”
  • Spanish: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Spanish: “Los Alamos National Laboratoty”
  • Spanish: “Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory”
  • Swedish: “LANL”
  • Swedish: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Turkish: “Los Alamos Ulusal Laboratuarı”
  • Turkish: “Los Alamos Ulusal Laboratuvarı”
  • Ukrainian: “Лос-Аламоська лабораторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Лос-Аламоська національна лабораторія”
  • Vietnamese: “LANL”
  • Vietnamese: “Phòng thí nghiệm Los Alamos”
  • Vietnamese: “Phòng thí nghiệm Quốc gia Los Alamos”
  • Welsh: “Labordy Genedlaethol Los Alamos”
  • Welsh: “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • Yakut: “Лос Аламос наука лабораторията”
  • Yakut: “Лос Аламостааҕы билим лабораторията”
  • “LANL”
  • “Los Alamos Laboratory”
  • “Los Alamos National Laboratory”
  • “Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Frijoles and Buckman.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Threemile Canyon and Mesita del Buey.

New Mexico: Must-Visit Destinations

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