Qinggir

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Coordinates: 41°28′N 88°46′E / 41.467°N 88.767°E / 41.467; 88.767
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Qinggir (Chinese: 辛格尔; pinyin: Xīngé'ěr) is a populated place in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.[1] It is located on the border of Toksun County and Yuli County, northwest of the former Lake Lop Nur.

Map including Qinggir (labeled as Hsin-ko-erh) (DMA, 1975)
Map including Qinggir (DMA, 1990)

The Qinggir region in Lop Nur is used for vertical shaft nuclear weapons testing.[2]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Qinggir Map — Satellite Images of Qinggir". maplandia. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  2. ^ "Lop Nor Nuclear Weapons Test Base". nti. Retrieved 2007-08-03.

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41°28′N 88°46′E / 41.467°N 88.767°E / 41.467; 88.767


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