Landscapes & nature
Samalayuca Dune Fields
Sand dune field in Chihuahua, Mexico
Mexico · 31.1400, -106.9000
Samalayuca Dune Fields is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.
“Many of the exterior shots were filmed in the Samalayuca Dune Fields in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Samalayuca Dune Fields 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.
- Dune 1984
- Conan the Destroyer 1984
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Simon of the Desert
1965
“The film was shot primarily in the Samalayuca Dune Fields of Chihuahua, while the final scene was shot at Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City.” Wikipedia
Named here by Samalayuca Dune Fields’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Samalayuca Dune Fields, 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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Dune 1984
“The Samalayuca Dunes were used to film many of the exterior shots in the 1984 movie Dune.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Samalayuca Dune Fields?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Samalayuca Dune Fields, including Dune (1984), Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Simon of the Desert (1965). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Samalayuca Dune Fields?
Dune (1984), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Samalayuca Dune Fields?
Samalayuca Dune Fields is in Mexico. Its coordinates are 31.1400, -106.9000.
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 Felix García, CC BY 2.0.