The Plains of San Augustin or Plains of San Agustin, are found in the U.S. state of New Mexico in the San Augustin Basin, south of U.S. Highway 60. They are located west of the town of Socorro, and north of the Black Range of mountains. At the western end of the plains lie the Tularosa Mountains. The plains are probably best known as the site of the Very Large Array, a radio astronomy observatory. A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... State nickname: Land of Enchantment Official languages English Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Governor Bill Richardson (D) Senators Pete Domenici (R) Jeff Bingaman (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 5th 315,194 km² 0. ... United States Highway 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2,670 miles (4,300 km) from Virginia to Arizona. ... Socorro is a Spanish word that means aid, by providing help or relief. ... 27 independent radio dishes, 25m each For other uses of the acronym VLA see VLA (disambiguation) The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Augustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some fifty miles (80 km) west of Socorro, New Mexico... Microwave image of 3C353 galaxy at 8. ... Observatory of Strasbourg An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ...

The Plains of San Augustin are on the floor of a basin formed along the southeast edge of the Colorado Plateau, and lie at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert, which is dominated by shrublands. The edges of the plains have sites of archaeological interest such as rockshelter Bat Cave. The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateaus Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. ... The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Shirley is a district of Croydon, South London between Addington, Addiscombe and West Wickham in the London Borough of Bromley. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Families Antrozoidae Craseonycteridae Emballonuridae Furipteridae Megadermatidae Molossidae Mormoopidae Mystacinidae Myzopodidae Natalidae Noctilionidae Nycteridae Phyllostomidae Pteropodidae Rhinolophidae Rhinopomatidae Thyropteridae Vespertilionidae Bats are flying mammals in the Chiroptera order with forelimbs developed as wings. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. ...

References

• Argonaut Archaeological Research Fund - [1]
• Radford University, North American Deserts - [2]