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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Maralinga

Latitude
-30.16059° or 30° 9′ 38″ south
Longitude
131.577° or 131° 34′ 37″ east
Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)
Open location code
4QXHRHQG+QQ
Geo­Names ID
8639268
Wiki­data ID
Q255890
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“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

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