Frenchman Flat
Frenchman Flat is a hydrographic basin in the Nevada National Security Site south of Yucca Flat and north of Mercury, Nevada. The flat was used as an American nuclear test site and has a 5.8 sq mi dry lake bed that was used as a 1950s airstrip before it was chosen after the start of the Korean War for the Nevada Proving Grounds.Frenchman Flat
- Type: Mud
- Description: hydrographic basin in Nevada
- Categories: flat and landform
- Location: Nye, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.80081° or 36° 48′ 3″ northLongitude
-115.93556° or 115° 56′ 8″ westElevation
3,104 feet (946 metres)Open location code
8586R327+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 75953510OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=salt_desertOpenStreetMap feature
natural=mudGeoNames ID
5504355Wikidata ID
Q3434915
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Frenchman Flat” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Frenchman Flat”
- Chinese: “法国人坪”
- Chinese: “法国人平台”
- Chinese: “法國人坪”
- Chinese: “法國人平臺”
- Dutch: “Frenchman Flat”
- Korean: “프렌치맨 플랫”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frenchman Flat”
- Norwegian: “Frenchman Flat”
- Portuguese: “Frenchman Flat”
- “Frenchman Flat”
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