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ID: 7013914
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013914
Record Type:
administrative
Los Alamos (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 53 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 35.8833
decimal degrees
Long: 106 18 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -106.3000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on mesa at altitude of around 7400 feet; established as site for research & development of nuclear weapons; here U-235 & plutonium were assembled into bombs for the first time; today nuclear research is done here.
Names:
Los Alamos
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
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North and Central America
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United States
(nation) (
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New Mexico
(state) (
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Los Alamos
(county) (
P
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Los Alamos
(inhabited place) (
P
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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established in 1942
scientific center (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
weapons production center (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Los Alamos..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35031173
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
687
Subject:
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[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35031173
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
687
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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