Plains of San Agustin

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geographical region high desert basin valley

The Plains of San Agustin is a broad, high desert basin in central New Mexico known for hosting the iconic Very Large Array radio telescope complex.

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Label Occurrences
Plains of San Agustin canonical 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
high desert basin ⓘ
valley ⓘ
accessedVia U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateLength about 80 kilometers ⓘ
approximateWidth up to 25 kilometers ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
elevation approximately 2100 meters above sea level ⓘ
approximately 7000 feet above sea level ⓘ
featureOf Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
surface form: New Mexico high desert
formerFeature Pleistocene lake ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic basin fill ⓘ
geologicalFeature closed drainage basin ⓘ
geologicalOrigin ancient lake basin ⓘ
hasLandUse grazing ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus partly within Cibola National Forest vicinity ⓘ
hosts Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
hydrology internally drained ⓘ
knownFor Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Very Large Array radio telescope
locatedIn Catron County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Socorro County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
central New Mexico ⓘ
near Datil, New Mexico ⓘ
Magdalena, New Mexico ⓘ
nearestCity Socorro, New Mexico ⓘ
notableCharacteristic high altitude ⓘ
low population density ⓘ
low radio-frequency interference ⓘ
wide open sky views ⓘ
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Plateau margin
region southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest
state New Mexico ⓘ
surroundedBy Datil Mountains ⓘ
Gallinas Mountains ⓘ
Magdalena Mountains ⓘ
San Mateo Mountains ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
terrain broad flat basin ⓘ
usedBy National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ
usedFor radio astronomy ⓘ

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Input
Subject: Plains of San Agustin
Description of subject: The Plains of San Agustin is a broad, high desert basin in central New Mexico known for hosting the iconic Very Large Array radio telescope complex.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope → locatedIn → Plains of San Agustin ⓘ
subject surface form: Very Large Array
Very Large Array radio telescope (near Magdalena) → locatedIn → Plains of San Agustin ⓘ
subject surface form: Very Large Array
Expanded Very Large Array → locatedAt → Plains of San Agustin ⓘ