Maralinga

Maralinga is a desert area around 3,300 square kilometres large located in the west of , within the . The area is best known for being the location of several British nuclear tests in the 1950s.
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  • Abandoned locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 295 metres (968 feet)
  • Description: Aboriginal community in South Australia

Maralinga

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Latitude
-30.16059° or 30° 9′ 38″ south
Longitude
131.577° or 131° 34′ 37″ east
Open location code
4QXHRHQG+QQ
Geo­Names ID
8639268
Wiki­data ID
Q255890

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Maralinga” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Maralinga”
  • Finnish: “Maralinga”
  • French: “Maralinga”
  • German: “Maralinga”
  • Hebrew: “מרלינגה”
  • Indonesian: “Maralinga”
  • Irish: “Maralinga”
  • Japanese: “マラリンガ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maralinga”
  • Norwegian: “Maralinga”
  • Polish: “Maralinga”
  • Swedish: “Maralinga”
  • Tamil: “மாரலிங்கா”
  • Urdu: “مارالنگا”

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