El Pinacate / Gran Desierto de Altar
USA /
Arizona /
Wellton /
World
/ USA
/ Arizona
/ Wellton
World / United States / Arizona
desert, nature conservation park / area, UNESCO World Heritage Site
The driest spot in Mexico. Also known as El Pinacate. It is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Pinacate_y_Gran_Desierto_de_Altar_Biosphere_Reserve
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°58'37"N 114°10'21"W
- Mecca Hills Wilderness Area (BLM) 260 km
- Death Valley National Park 651 km
- White Sands National Park 730 km
- Smoke Creek Desert 1096 km
- Black Rock Desert 1129 km
- Alvord Desert 1246 km
- Steens Mountain 1265 km
- Great Sand Hills 2129 km
- Laadeim 9358 km
- Sahel Lebioudh 9429 km
- High Tanks "Tinaja Altas" 39 km
- Tinajas Altas Mountains 40 km
- Butler Mountains 45 km
- Yodaville Urban Target Complex (R-2301 West) 53 km
- Military Zone 56 km
- mock airfield for bombing practice 58 km
- target 63 km
- Wellton Hills 67 km
- former Yuma Auxiliary Army Airfield 2 71 km
- Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge 74 km