Sand Springs Range

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The Sand Springs Range is a small mountain range in western Nevada in the Great Basin. The area is about 32 km long and is located in Churchill County.

The Sand Springs Range was the test area of Project Shoal, an underground nuclear test as part of the Vela Uniform. Shoal was a bomb with an explosive yield of 12 kT, which detonated about 369 meters below the earth on 26 October 1963.

Churchill County, Nevada Operation Niblick Operation Anvil (nuclear test) Operation Aqueduct Operation Arbor Operation Bedrock Operation Bowline Project Chariot Operation Charioteer Operation Cornerstone Operation Cresset Operation Crosstie Operation Dominic Starfish Prime Operation Emery Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) Operation Fulcrum Operation Fusileer Operation Greenhouse Operation Grenadier Operation Grommet Operation Guardian Operation Hardtack I Operation Ivy Ivy Mike Operation Julin Operation Latchkey Operation Mandrel Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test) Operation Nougat Operation Phalanx Operation Plumbbob Operation Praetorian Project 56 (nuclear test) Project 57 Project 58/58A Operation Ranger Operation Redwing Operation Roller Coaster Operation Sandstone Operation Sculpin Operation Storax Operation Sunbeam Operation Teapot Operation Tinderbox Operation Toggle Operation Touchstone Operation Whetstone Operation Wigwam Nevada Test and Training Range Tonopah Test Range Amchitka Carlsbad (New Mexico) Farmington (New Mexico) Salmon Site
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