South Baldy
South Baldy is the highest point of the Magdalena Mountains in central New Mexico, in the United States. It is in the Magdalena Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest, about 9 mi south of Magdalena and 18 mi west-southwest of Socorro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Magdalena Ridge Observatory and Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research.
Magdalena Ridge Observatory
Building
Photo: Astarre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Socorro County, New Mexico, about 32 kilometers west of the town of Socorro. The observatory is located in the Magdalena Mountains near the summit of South Baldy Mountain, adjacent to the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research.
Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Observatory
The Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research is a scientific laboratory studying the cloud processes that produce lightning, hail, and rain, located in the Magdalena Mountains of central New Mexico.
South Baldy
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 10,758 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Socorro, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.991° or 33° 59′ 28″ northLongitude
-107.188° or 107° 11′ 17″ westElevation
10,758 feet (3,279 metres)Open location code
855JXRR6+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 357599275OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“South Baldy” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “South Baldy (bukid sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico)”
- Cebuano: “South Baldy”
- Chinese: “南巴爾地”
- Dutch: “South Baldy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سوث بالدى”
- Ladin: “South Baldy”
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