Trinity test site, New Mexico

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Trinity test site, New Mexico is the location in the Jornada del Muerto desert where the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
landmark in the United States
nuclear test site
associatedWith Leslie R. Groves Jr.
surface form: General Leslie Groves

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
category Manhattan Project sites
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
Nuclear weapons testing sites of the United States
coordinateLatitude 33.677° N
coordinateLongitude 106.475° W
country United States of America
currentStatus controlled area within White Sands Missile Range
dateOfEvent 1945-07-16
designation National Historic Landmark
distanceFromAlamogordo about 35 miles southeast of Socorro
distanceFromSocorro about 35 miles southeast of Socorro
environment desert
explosionAltitude detonation atop a steel tower
firstOf world’s first detonation of a nuclear weapon
impact beginning of the nuclear age
demonstration of feasibility of plutonium implosion design used in Fat Man bomb
locatedIn Jornada del Muerto desert
New Mexico
Socorro County, New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range
managedBy United States Army
materialMelted sand
memorial obelisk marking ground zero
nearbySettlement San Antonio, New Mexico
notableEvent Trinity test device
surface form: Trinity nuclear test
openToPublic twice a year (typically) for public visits
operatorAtTimeOfTest Los Alamos Laboratory
United States Army
partOf Manhattan Project
publicAccess limited, by guided tours or open houses
radiologicalLegacy residual contamination and trinitite fragments on site
relatedEvent atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
resultOfExplosion formation of trinitite glass
safetyMeasuresAtTime bunkers and observation posts at several miles distance
subsequentUse further nuclear weapons–related research activities
testCodename Trinity
testTowerHeight about 100 feet
timeOfEvent 05:29:21 local time
weaponNickname The Gadget
weaponTypeTested plutonium implosion-type nuclear bomb
yearOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation 1975
yieldOfTest about 21 kilotons of TNT

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Manhattan Project site Trinity test site, New Mexico
Manhattan Project firstNuclearTest Trinity test site, New Mexico
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Manhattan Project firstNuclearTestLocation Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, New Mexico
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notableEvent Trinity test site, New Mexico
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers testSite Trinity test site, New Mexico
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
this entity surface form: Trinity Site, New Mexico
Los Alamos Laboratory testSiteFor Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test
MED testSite Trinity test site, New Mexico
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
this entity surface form: Trinity test site
Socorro County, New Mexico contains Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity test site
The Gadget testedAt Trinity test site, New Mexico
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National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico contains Trinity test site, New Mexico
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White Sands Missile Range dateOfEvent Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test, 16 July 1945
White Sands Missile Range hosts Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity Site National Historic Landmark
Manhattan Project sites hasPart Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity test site, Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range
San Antonio, New Mexico locatedNear Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test site
Alamogordo hasNearbySite Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity Site
Alamogordo hasNearbyEventSite Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test site
Tularosa Basin region contains Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test site
Fra Cristóbal Mountains near Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity test site
Oscura Mountains locatedNear Trinity test site, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test site
“Journey of the Dead Man” in Spanish hasNearbyFeature Trinity test site, New Mexico
subject surface form: Jornada del Muerto
this entity surface form: Trinity nuclear test site