Sanford Underground Research Facility
The Sanford Underground Research Facility, or Sanford Lab, is an underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota. The deepest underground laboratory in the United States, it houses multiple experiments in areas such as dark matter and neutrino physics research, biology, geology and engineering.
- Type: Industry
- Description: underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota.
- Also known as: “Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory”, “DUSEL”, and “SURF”
- Address: 630 East Summit Street, Lead, SD 57754
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Moriah Cemetery and Bullock Hotel.
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery
Bullock Hotel
Hotel
The historic Bullock Hotel is located at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota. It was built by Seth Bullock, an early sheriff of Deadwood, and his business partner Sol Star, in around 1895 at a cost of $40,000 and is the oldest hotel in Deadwood, boasting a casino, restaurant, and 28 of its original 63 rooms. Bullock Hotel is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sanford Underground Research Facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lead and Central City.
Lead
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Central City
Village
Central City is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census. Central City is situated 1½ miles northwest of Sanford Underground Research Facility.
Flatiron
Locality
Flatiron, formerly known as Yellow Creek or Flat Iron City, is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was known for its highly successful gold mining. Flatiron is situated 1½ miles southwest of Sanford Underground Research Facility.
Sanford Underground Research Facility
- Category: underground research laboratory
- Location: Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.34747° or 44° 20′ 51″ north
Longitude
-103.75127° or 103° 45′ 5″ west
Open location code
85PR86WX+XF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Sanford Underground Research Facility” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杜塞尔实验室”
- Chinese: “桑福德地下研究所”
- Chinese: “桑福德地下研究設施”
- French: “Installation de recherche souterraine de Sanford”
- German: “Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF)”
- German: “Sanford Underground Research Facility”
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