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Tun-A Crater

Tun-A Crater is a hypocenter in , . Tun-A Crater is situated nearby to the hypocenter , as well as near .
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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 weapons for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes. is situated 2 miles east of Tun-A Crater.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nevada Test Site.

Locality
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The Nevada National Security Sites, popularized as the until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of , Nevada, about 65 mi northwest of the city of Las Vegas. is situated 4½ miles south of Tun-A Crater.

Tun-A Crater

Latitude
37.16768° or 37° 10′ 4″ north
Longitude
-116.08021° or 116° 4′ 49″ west
Open location code
85955W99+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 75106810
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­bomb_crater
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­nuclear_explosion_site
Wiki­data ID
Q96194645
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Satellite Map

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

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

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tun-A and Tun-C.

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