🏞 Landscapes & nature
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
dune system in California
🇺🇸 United States · 34.9760, -120.6500
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“The Exodus scenes were filmed at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in northern Santa Barbara County.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Ten Commandments 1923
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The Sheik
1921
“Emily W. Leider, author of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino, argues that the desert exterior scenes were filmed in Oxnard, California, and the Guadalupe Dunes of Santa Barbara County.” Wikipedia
Named here by Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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The Ten Commandments 1923
“In 1923, the epic movie The Ten Commandments directed by Cecil B. DeMille, was filmed on the Dunes.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
La Purisima Mission
🇺🇸 United States
place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lompoc
🇺🇸 United States
city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes?
2 productions are recorded as filmed at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, including The Ten Commandments (1923) and The Sheik (1921). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes?
The Ten Commandments (1923), covered by 31 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes?
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is in the United States, at 34.9760, -120.6500.
What other filming locations are near Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes?
La Purisima Mission and Lompoc, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Kevin P. Rice, CC BY-SA 3.0.