🏙 Towns & cities
White Sands Missile Range
military testing area in New Mexico, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 32.5631, -106.5700
White Sands Missile Range 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.
“The production team was able to obtain government permission to film at White Sands Missile Range, but only at highly inconvenient hours, and therefore chose to film the scene elsewhere in the New Mexico desert.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names White Sands Missile Range 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.
- Oppenheimer 2023
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Transformers
2007
“To film the Scorponok sequence at White Sands Missile Range, a sweep was performed to remove unexploded ordnance before building of a village set could begin; ironically, the village would be blown up.” Wikipedia
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
“In September, the crew shot at Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Las Cruces
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
White Sands National Park
🇺🇸 United States
national park in Otero and Doña Ana counties in New Mexico, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
White Sands
🇺🇸 United States
census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in White Sands Missile Range?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in White Sands Missile Range, including Oppenheimer (2023), Transformers (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in White Sands Missile Range?
Oppenheimer (2023), covered by 81 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is White Sands Missile Range?
White Sands Missile Range is in the United States, at 32.5631, -106.5700.
What other filming locations are near White Sands Missile Range?
Las Cruces, White Sands National Park and White Sands, 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 U.S. Army/White Sands Missile Range Museum, Public domain.