Editing Area 51 (section)

===Groom Lake===

[[Groom Lake (salt flat)|Groom Lake]] is a [[Salt pan (geology)|salt flat]]<ref name="LeibyWaPo">{{cite news |last=Leiby |first=Richard |title=Government officially acknowledges existence of Area 51, but not the UFOs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/government-officially-acknowledges-existence-of-area-51-but-not-the-ufos/2013/08/16/ca4feaec-06be-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807070834/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/government-officially-acknowledges-existence-of-area-51-but-not-the-ufos/2013/08/16/ca4feaec-06be-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html |archive-date=7 August 2017 |access-date=16 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> in Nevada used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport (XTA/KXTA) on the north of the Area 51 [[United States Air Force|USAF]] military installation. The lake at {{convert|4409|ft|m|abbr=on}} elevation is approximately {{convert|3+3/4|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from north to south and {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from east to west at its widest point.<ref name=GNIS>
{{cite gnis|840824|Groom Lake|access-date=9 November 2010}}</ref> Located within the namesake Groom Lake Valley portion of the [[Tonopah Basin]], the lake is {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} south of Rachel, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dreamlandresort.com/area51/dreamland_50years.html |title=DREAMLAND: Fifty Years of Secret Flight Testing in NevadaBy Peter W. Merlin |website=dreamlandresort.com |first=Peter |last=Merlin |date=16 October 2010 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>