Emu Field
Emu Field is the site of Operation Totem, a pair of nuclear tests conducted by the British Government in South Australia during October 1953. The site was surveyed by Len Beadell in 1952.- Locality
- Description: locality in South Australia
- Also known as“emu”“Emu Field, South Australia”“Emu Junction”“Emu, South Australia”“Totem 1”
- Category: historic site
- Location
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Latitude
-28.69828° or 28° 41′ 54″ south
Longitude
132.37156° or 132° 22′ 18″ east
Open location code
5Q3J892C+MJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = nuclear_test_site
OpenStreetMap feature
place = locality
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Japanese—“Emu Field” goes by many names.
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