Permanent High Explosive Test Site

USA / New Mexico / Carrizozo /

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Part of the White Sands Permanent High Explosive Test site, used for large conventional explosions to test military hardware. One such test was "Minor Scale", which detonated 4800 tons of explosive to test various hardware

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Coordinates: 33°37'20"N 106°29'0"W

Impact area 12 km
smaller impact 14 km
Holloman Air Force Base 29 km
BLM Land 47 km
Lake Lucero 98 km
Doña Ana Mountains 127 km
Organ Mountains 134 km
Range 72 143 km
Centennial Range 151 km
Upper Valley 162 km

Little Burro Mountains 10 km
target area 16 km
Mockingbird Mountains 17 km
Valley of Fires Lava Flow (Carrizozo Malpais) 37 km
target area 38 km
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge 43 km
RAMS 50 km
Chalk Hills 57 km
White Sands Missile Range 62 km
San Andres Mountains 81 km

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Little Burro Mountains target area Mockingbird Mountains Valley of Fires Lava Flow (Carrizozo Malpais) target area Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge RAMS Chalk Hills White Sands Missile Range San Andres Mountains