Sukhoy Nos nuclear testing site

Russia / Arhangelsk / Belushya Guba /
 military, weapons, invisible, nuclear testing area

Sukhoy Nos test site, "Site C".
Here many soviet multi-megaton thermonuclear devices were detonated, including 50 megaton "Tsar Bomba". Note missing glaciers around this place, and a burn-out circle on the ground.

See Google video: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2046393742348211186
See overall area map: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Novaya_Zeml...

"A shock wave in air was observed at Dickson settlement at 700 km; windowpanes were partially broken to distances of 900 km. All buildings in Severny (both wooden and brick), at a distance of 55 km, were completely destroyed. In districts hundreds of kilometers from ground zero, wooden houses were destroyed, and stone ones lost their roofs, windows and doors; and radio communications were interrupted for almost one hour. The atmospheric disturbance generated by the explosion orbited the earth three times. A gigantic mushroom cloud rose as high as 64 kilometers (210,000 ft)."
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   73°51'21"N   54°59'51"E

Comments

  • WikiPedia entry on Tsar Bomba at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
  • I've added a pair of photos. Notice that mushroom cloud from 50 MT test was about 64 kilometers high.
  • thats pretty cool how you can see a giant circle
  • Visit this site for the most complete study about Tsar Bomba http://www.nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html
  • I'm sorry, but you are wrong alex. This is the right place. Co-ordinates of the other place are based on very inaccurate American sources (rough USGS data from 1961). Please see http://wsyachina.narod.ru/history/testing_ground_26.html
  • By the way: detonation of "Tsar Bomba" occured about 4km above the ground. There was no crater!
  • they say that windows were shattered all the way in finland when the bomb detonated
  • Place tag enlarged to cover whole "Site C" area. Polygon outlining "Site C" borders added. Link with overall site map added. Enjoy.
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