🏙 Towns & cities
West Wendover
city in Elko County, Nevada, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7395, -114.0698
West Wendover is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in West Wendover, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“The production then moved to Wendover, Utah, and West Wendover, Nevada, where the deserts doubled for Imperial Valley, and the Wendover Airport doubled for the El Toro and Area 51 exteriors.”
Movies filmed in West Wendover
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names West Wendover as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Bonneville Salt Flats
🇺🇸 United States
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Wendover
🇺🇸 United States
city in Tooele County, Utah, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in Wendover, Utah, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Historic Wendover Airfield
🇺🇸 United States
aviation museum in Wendover, Utah
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in West Wendover?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in West Wendover, including Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Independence Day (1996). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in West Wendover?
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), covered by 39 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is West Wendover?
West Wendover is in the United States, at 40.7395, -114.0698.
What other filming locations are near West Wendover?
Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Wendover Airport and Historic Wendover Airfield, 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 Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0.