Location of Desert One?

[shinRaiden 0]

So far, no luck. I've been cleaning out everything I can find on Google and cross-linking from them to no success. The short of it is the general area seems to be about 200 to 300 miles (320 to 480 km) south or south-east of Tehran. I found some map data for a section about 300x300 miles that I think covers it, I'm just trying to narrow it down to about 60miles (100km). Any lessons-learned or other more technical report's I've found to date only deal with the chain-of-command and communications breakdown's, and don't get into the details of the flight and ground operations very much. Any pointers or hints would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[theavonlady 2]

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Gotta love Google!

[shinRaiden 0]

I know about that one, that's one of about a half dozen different maps showing anything from due south to due east of Tehran. Plus the scale on it is a bit difficult to compare, and if anything puts it right in the middle of a major city.

This is also from that same site, but is still rather hazy, and you'll note it also comes from a significantly different angle as well.

On the first map, the point marked drop-off is confirmed by all accounts to be about 50m outside Tehran "in the hills."

I'm thinking of the general area between Latitude 32-34, and Longitude 53-55, but haven't been able to find any confirmation for that guess.

[theavonlady 2]

For what it's worth, the Iranians have made a small tourist attraction in the area.

[theavonlady 2]

There's a more detailed map in this PDF file.

[shinRaiden 0]

Found the motherlode here for all the extra GIS data I need. Thanks.

[EiZei 0]

For what it's worth, the Iranians have made a small tourist attraction in the area.

The copyright disclaimer on that site is the first one that actually scared me

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