White Sands

White Sands is a meteorological station in , and has an elevation of 4,081 feet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include White Sands Missile Range and White Sands.

Hamlet
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is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of . The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in near the towns of and .

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. It consists of the main residential area on the .

White Sands

Latitude
32.38333° or 32° 23′ north
Longitude
-106.48333° or 106° 29′ west
Elevation
4,081 feet (1,244 metres)
ICAO airport code
K2C2
Open location code
854M9GM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
6297474
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