Woomera Prohibited Area

Woomera Prohibited Area

Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) is a weapons-testing range located in central South Australia, with its south-eastern corner located approximately convert|450|km|mi north north-west of Adelaide. The Woomera Prohibited Area has an area of convert|127000|km2|sqmi [cite web|url=http://www.saafwdc.asn.au/pastoral/woomera-access.pdf|title=WOOMERA PROHIBITED AREA|date=2002-04-14|accessdate=2008-08-14|publisher=South Australian Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs] and is the largest land-based defence and aerospace range in the world [ http://www.woomera.com.au/range/overview.htm ] . It is roughly the size of England.

The town of Woomera was established to serve the people working at the Prohibited Area.

The Stuart Highway passes through the Prohibited Area, and travellers may not leave the road and enter the Prohibited Area.

ee also

* British nuclear tests at Maralinga (part of the Woomera Prohibited Area)
* Nurrungar
* Woomera, South Australia
* Woomera Airfield
* Woomera Test Facility

References

External links

* Air Force News [http://www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/EDITIONS/4702/features/feature02.htm Our Vital Wasteland]
* BAE Systems [http://www.woomera.com.au/page.cfm/29ba4b3d-be4d-4c37-acef-5d625ba1e4f3 Woomera Prohibited Area Official Website]


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