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White Sands National Monument : ウィキペディア英語版 | White Sands National Monument
The White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about southwest of Alamogordo in western Otero County and northeastern Doña Ana County in the state of New Mexico, at an elevation of . The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin and comprises the southern part of a field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. It is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.〔http://www.nps.gov/whsa/naturescience/index.htm〕 ==History== The first exploration was led by a party of US Army officers in 1849. 〔 〕 〔 〕 The Mescalero Apache were already living in the area at the time. Hispanic families started farming communities in the area at Tularosa in 1861 and at La Luz in 1863.〔
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