Groom Lake
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Groom Lake is a remote dry lakebed in southern Nevada best known as the location of the highly secretive U.S. Air Force facility commonly referred to as Area 51.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Area 51 | 7 |
| Groom Lake canonical | 4 |
| Alkali Lake Facility | 1 |
| Area 51 main runway | 1 |
| Area 51 vicinity | 1 |
| Area 51 vicinity (near Rachel, Nevada) | 1 |
| Groom Lake Playa | 1 |
| Groom Lake Valley | 1 |
| Groom Lake facility | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1012949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Groom Lake Context triple: [Nevada Test and Training Range, adjacentTo, Groom Lake]
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A.
El Mirage Dry Lake
El Mirage Dry Lake is a dry lakebed in California known for its vast, flat playa used for land-speed racing, off-highway recreation, and film production within the Mojave Desert.
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B.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
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C.
Rogers Dry Lake
Rogers Dry Lake is a large dry lakebed in California’s Mojave Desert that serves as a natural runway and landing site for aircraft and space vehicles at Edwards Air Force Base.
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D.
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southern New Mexico known for missile and weapons testing and as the site of the first atomic bomb detonation.
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E.
Ivanpah Dry Lake
Ivanpah Dry Lake is a large, flat, dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California, known for land sailing, off-highway recreation, and its proximity to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Groom Lake Target entity description: Groom Lake is a remote dry lakebed in southern Nevada best known as the location of the highly secretive U.S. Air Force facility commonly referred to as Area 51.
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A.
El Mirage Dry Lake
El Mirage Dry Lake is a dry lakebed in California known for its vast, flat playa used for land-speed racing, off-highway recreation, and film production within the Mojave Desert.
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B.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
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C.
Rogers Dry Lake
Rogers Dry Lake is a large dry lakebed in California’s Mojave Desert that serves as a natural runway and landing site for aircraft and space vehicles at Edwards Air Force Base.
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D.
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southern New Mexico known for missile and weapons testing and as the site of the first atomic bomb detonation.
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E.
Ivanpah Dry Lake
Ivanpah Dry Lake is a large, flat, dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California, known for land sailing, off-highway recreation, and its proximity to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dry lakebed
ⓘ
endorheic basin ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Groom Lake
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Area 51
|
| administratedBy |
Air Force Test Center
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Air Force Flight Test Center
|
| associatedWith |
A-12 Oxcart testing
ⓘ
F-117 Nighthawk testing ⓘ U-2 reconnaissance aircraft testing ⓘ black projects ⓘ stealth technology development ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| drainage | internally drained basin ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,360 meters above sea level
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about 4,462 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| geologicalType | playa ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Groom Dry Lake
ⓘ
Groom Lake ⓘ
surface form:
Groom Lake Playa
|
| hasProperty |
arid climate
ⓘ
flat surface suitable for runways ⓘ remote location ⓘ |
| hasRunwayOnSurface |
Groom Lake
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Area 51 main runway
|
| length |
approximately 3.7 miles
ⓘ
approximately 6 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lincoln County, Nevada
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Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert | Great Basin Desert ⓘ |
| locatedInRange | Groom Range ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southern Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Nevada National Security Site
ⓘ
surface form:
Nevada Test Site
Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
surface form:
Yucca Flat
|
| locatedOn |
Groom Lake
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Groom Lake Valley
|
| namedAfter | Groom Mine ⓘ |
| near |
Groom Lake
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Area 51
Groom Mine ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nevada Test and Training Range
ⓘ
surface form:
Nellis Air Force Range
Nevada Test and Training Range ⓘ |
| publicAccess | prohibited ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation |
14L/32R
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14R/32L ⓘ |
| securityLevel | highly restricted military area ⓘ |
| surfaceType | dry lakebed ⓘ |
| timezone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Central Intelligence Agency
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United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classified aerospace programs
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experimental aircraft testing ⓘ flight testing ⓘ |
| width |
approximately 3 miles
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approximately 4.8 kilometers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Groom Lake Description of subject: Groom Lake is a remote dry lakebed in southern Nevada best known as the location of the highly secretive U.S. Air Force facility commonly referred to as Area 51.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.