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  2. Algodones Dunes - Wikipedia

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    The Algodones Dunes is a large sand dune field, or erg, located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of California, near the border with Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California. The field is approximately 45 miles (72 km) long by 6 miles (9.7 km) wide and extends along a northwest-southeast line that correlates to the ...

  3. Glamis, California - Wikipedia

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    It is located 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Holtville, [2] at an elevation of 335 feet (102 m). [ 1 ] Glamis (GLA-MIS) also mispronounced as (GLE-MIS), is one of a series of former Southern Pacific railroad stops along the eastern edge of the Algodones Dunes , located where the railway crosses State Route 78 ; other former stops in this area ...

  4. Imperial County, California - Wikipedia

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    The Algodones Dunes. The name Algodones Dunes refers to the entire geographic feature, while the administrative designation for that portion managed by the Bureau of Land Management is the "Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area" (sometimes called the "Glamis Dunes"). The Algodones Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in California.

  5. List of Star Wars filming locations - Wikipedia

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    Eriguet dunes (Mos Espa small set area) Tunisia: I Tatooine | Mos Espa slave quarters backyards & Mos Espa outskirts Eriguet dune system. Salt-saturated barchanoid dunes south of Chott el-Gharsa. North of Nefta. Tozeur Governorate. Located one dune east of the Mos Espa large set. Mos Espa small set remains are buried by dunes.

  6. Imperial Valley - Wikipedia

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    The name Algodones Dunes refers to the entire geographic feature, while the administrative designation for that portion managed by the Bureau of Land Management is the "Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area" (sometimes called the "Glamis Dunes"). The Algodones Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in California.

  7. Glamis - Wikipedia

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    Glamis / ˈ ɡ l ɑː m z / is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle , the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother .

  8. California State Route 78 - Wikipedia

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    The Glamis road opened in August 1958, and the road from Glamis to Palo Verde was under construction at that time; [86] the part of the road that was already open was dedicated in October. [87] In 1959, the rest of the current routing of SR 78 between Brawley and Palo Verde was added to the state highway system as SR 195 and Legislative Route ...

  9. Ogilby, California - Wikipedia

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    Ogilby was founded as a railroad stop for the Southern Pacific in 1877, and served as a supply point for the mining communities of Glamis, Hedges, and Tumco. [1] The Oglesby post office operated for part of 1880. [3] The Ogilby post office operated from 1890 to 1895, moving in 1892, and from 1898 to 1942. [3] The name honors E.R. Ogilby, mine ...