Gravel Gertie

USA / Nevada / Indian Springs /

A "Gravel Gertie" is a structure that was designed for work involving mating/unmating of high explosives with nuclear material.

This is the remnant of a Gravel Gertie that was subjected to a test explosion on November 20, 1982.

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Coordinates: 36°45'48"N 115°58'13"W

"Priscilla" 5.3 km
Frenchman Flats 6.2 km
Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex (Doomtown) 12 km
Yucca Airstrip - Area 6 20 km
bomb craters 34 km
bombing targets 35 km
target area 43 km
target area 45 km
Urban Assault Mock-Up Training Area 47 km
target area 49 km

Yucca Dry Lake 21 km
Creech Air Force Base 32 km
Area 7 36 km
Yucca Flat 36 km
Papoose Dry Lake 39 km
Papoose Mountain (Papoose Range) 47 km
Dog Bone Lake 48 km
mock airfield 51 km
Desert Lake 67 km
Sheep Range 70 km

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Yucca Dry Lake Creech Air Force Base Area 7 Yucca Flat Papoose Dry Lake Papoose Mountain (Papoose Range) Dog Bone Lake mock airfield Desert Lake Sheep Range