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.- Mud
- …lies at an elevation of 3,104 feet (946 metres)
- Description: hydrographic basin in Nevada
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Latitude
36.80081° or 36° 48′ 3″ north
Longitude
-115.93556° or 115° 56′ 8″ west
Open location code
8586R327+8Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = salt_desert
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = mud
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Frenchman Flat” goes by many names.
Frenchman FlatCebuano
法国人坪Chinese
法国人平台Chinese
法國人坪Chinese
法國人平臺Chinese
Frenchman FlatDutch
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