White Sands National Park

White Sands National Park is an American national park in the region of the state of . The park contains the world's largest gypsum sand dune field—275 sq mi of fine white sand, formed by the prevailing winds into large ridge-like dunes.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: national park in Otero and Doña Ana counties in New Mexico, United States
  • Also known as: “White Sands National Monument” and “WHSA”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

White Sands National Park

Latitude
32.8107° or 32° 48′ 38″ north
Longitude
-106.2626° or 106° 15′ 46″ west
Elevation
3,940 feet (1,201 metres)
Operator
White Sands National Park
Open location code
854MRP6P+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7504214572
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5497921
Wiki­data ID
Q1200164
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“White Sands National Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منتزه الرمال البيضاء الوطني”
  • Balinese: “Taman Nasional Bias Putih”
  • Balinese: “Taman Nasional White Sand”
  • Cebuano: “White Sand National Park”
  • Cebuano: “White Sands National Monument (parke sa Estados Unidos, lat 32,78, long -106,33)”
  • Cebuano: “White Sands National Monument”
  • Cebuano: “White Sands National Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, lat 32,73, long -105,92)”
  • Chinese: “白沙国家公园”
  • Chinese: “白沙國家公園”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal monument White Sands”
  • Dutch: “White Sands National Park”
  • Estonian: “White Sandsi rahvuspark”
  • French: “monument national des White Sands”
  • French: “parc national des White Sands”
  • French: “Parc national des White Sands”
  • German: “White Sands National Monument”
  • German: “White Sands National Park”
  • German: “White-Sands-Nationalpark”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי וייט סנדס”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale delle sabbie bianche”
  • Italian: “White Sands National Park”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトサンズ国定公園”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトサンズ国定記念物”
  • Korean: “화이트 샌드 내셔널 모뉴먼트”
  • Korean: “화이트 샌즈 국립공원”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltieji smėlynai”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltieji Smėlynai”
  • Macedonian: “Национален парк Бели Песоци”
  • Malayalam: “വൈറ്റ് സാൻഡ്സ് ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “White Sands nasjonalpark”
  • Norwegian: “White Sands nasjonalpark”
  • Persian: “پارک ملی شن‌های سفید”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy White Sands”
  • Polish: “White Sands National Park”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Nacional de White Sands”
  • Russian: “Уайт-Сандс”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional de las Arenas Blancas”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional White Sands”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional White Sands”
  • Swedish: “White Sands National Monument”
  • Swedish: “White Sands National Park”
  • Swedish: “White Sands nationalpark”
  • Thai: “ทะเลทรายขาว”
  • Thai: “ทะเลทรายสีขาว”
  • Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์สถานแห่งชาติทรายขาว”
  • Turkish: “White Sands Millî Parkı”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайт-Сендс (національний парк)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайт-Сендс”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний парк Вайт-Сендс”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia White Sands”
  • Welsh: “Cofeb Genedlaethol Tywodydd Gwynion”
  • Welsh: “Cofeb Genedlaethol y Tywodydd Gwynion, Mecsico Newydd”

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