White Sands National Monument - Alamogordo, NM
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 32° 46.769 W 106° 10.343
13S E 390205 N 3627449
The White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMTJAV
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2016
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"The White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Alamogordo in western Otero County and northeastern Doña Ana County in the state of New Mexico, at an elevation of 4,235 feet (1,291 m). The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin and comprises the southern part of a 275 square miles (710 km2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. It is the largest gypsum dune field in the world." (
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