Qinggir

Qinggir (Chinese: 辛格尔; pinyin: Xīngé'ěr) is a populated place in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.[1] It is located on the border of Toksun County and Yuli County, northwest of the former Lake Lop Nur.

The Qinggir region in Lop Nur is used for vertical shaft nuclear weapons testing.[2]

Footnotes
  1. "Qinggir Map — Satellite Images of Qinggir". maplandia. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  2. "Lop Nor Nuclear Weapons Test Base". nti. Retrieved 2007-08-03.


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