Tun-C Crater

Tun-C Crater is a hypocenter in , . Tun-C Crater is situated nearby to the hypocenter , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sedan Crater and Baneberry Crater.

Hypocenter
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Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of at the Nevada National Security Site on July 6, 1962, as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear explosives for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes. is situated 2 miles east of Tun-C Crater.

Hypocenter
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is a hypocenter, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Tun-C Crater.

Military installation
is a division of the in the . The area is located 18 miles south-west of in the . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Tun-C Crater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nevada Test Site.

Locality
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The Nevada National Security Site initially named the Nevada Proving Ground, and later the ) is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of , approximately 65 mi northwest of Las Vegas. is situated 4½ miles south of Tun-C Crater.

Tun-C Crater

Latitude
37.16767° or 37° 10′ 4″ north
Longitude
-116.07794° or 116° 4′ 41″ west
Open location code
85955W9C+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 75106808
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­bomb_crater
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­nuclear_explosion_site
Wiki­data ID
Q96194652
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Satellite Map

Discover Tun-C Crater from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Tun-C Crater” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tun-C and Tun-A.

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