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This article page is about New Mexico in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:New Mexico. For category page, see Category:New Mexico.

New Mexico is a state located within the Southwestern region of the United States and one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains. By area, it is the fifth-largest U.S. state. For its borders, it shares in the Four Corners region with Utah (to the northwest), Colorado (to the north), and Arizona (to the west), as well as borders with Oklahoma to the northeast, Texas to the east and southeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south.[1] A large portion of the southern half of this state is covered by the Chihuahuan Desert.

History[]

Chihuahuan Desert[]

This article page section is about the Chihuahuan Desert in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:Chihuahuan Desert.

The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that spans over a wide portion of the Southwestern region of the United States and across the border down into the country of Mexico.[2] It is referred to non-specifically on Sanctuary as the "New Mexican desert".

Albuquerque[]

This article page section is about Albuquerque in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:Albuquerque.

Albuquerque is the largest city located within the state of New Mexico.[3]

Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
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After suffering the believed loss of her daughter Ashley Magnus, Helen Magnus starts to have old memories resurface. In a flashback set during 1957, Magnus was traversing the New Mexican desert within the Navajo Nation near Albuquerque in search of a 'nonexistent' place called Tehuatonichen. On the passenger seat of her vehicle, a copy of the Albuquerque Daily newspaper is seen.

Tehuatonichen[]

Tehuatonichen is a 'nonexistent' place located within the Navajo Nation in the state of New Mexico near the city of Albuquerque.

Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
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After suffering the believed loss of her daughter Ashley Magnus, Helen Magnus starts to have old memories resurface. In a flashback set during 1957, Magnus was traversing the New Mexican desert within the Navajo Nation near Albuquerque in search of a 'nonexistent' place called Tehuatonichen. She eventually finds the hidden location and returns the ashes of the tribe's last shaman.

Santa Fe[]

This article page section is about Santa Fe in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Santa Fe is the capital city located within the state of New Mexico.[4]

Episode 3x19 - "Out of the Blue"
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When Will Zimmerman and Helen Magnus fall victim to a psych worm just outside of Juárez, Mexico (a city just south of the US-Mexico border of El Paso, Texas), they are transported by Kate Freelander and Henry Foss to Virgil St. Pierre's private research facility underneath the New Mexican desert one hundred miles south of Santa Fe.
  • One hundred miles south of Santa Fe is Albuquerque. The driving distance between the city centers of Santa Fe and Juárez is an average of about 328 miles, placing Virgil's lab roughly 228 miles directly north of where the psych worm surfaced.

Alamogordo[]

This article page section is about Alamogordo in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Alamogordo is a city located within the state of New Mexico.[5]

Episode 4x05 - "Resistance"
During the teaser sequence of the episode, SCIU usurps the Captured Abnormal from the Old City Sanctuary team. According to the GPS data Henry Foss reviews from their hidden tracking beacon, the abnormal was airlifted across the U.S.-Canada border to Holloman Air Force Base which is located just outside of the city of Alamogordo. From there, the abnormal was transported to Area 51 located in the middle of the New Mexican desert.

Holloman Air Force Base[]

This article page section is about Holloman Air Force Base in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:Holloman Air Force Base.

Holloman Air Force Base is a military base located just outside of the city of Alamogordo.[6]

Episode 4x05 - "Resistance"
During the teaser sequence of the episode, SCIU usurps the Captured Abnormal from the Old City Sanctuary team. According to the GPS data Henry Foss reviews from their hidden tracking beacon, the abnormal was airlifted across the U.S.-Canada border to Holloman Air Force Base which is located just outside of the city of Alamogordo. From there, the abnormal was transported to Area 51 located in the middle of the New Mexican desert.

Area 51[]

This article page section is about Area 51 in Sanctuary. For real-world location, see Wikipedia:Area 51.

Area 51 is to be added.[7]

Episode 4x05 - "Resistance"
During the teaser sequence of the episode, SCIU usurps the Captured Abnormal from the Old City Sanctuary team. According to the GPS data Henry Foss reviews from their hidden tracking beacon, the abnormal was airlifted across the U.S.-Canada border to Holloman Air Force Base which is located just outside of the city of Alamogordo. From there, the abnormal was transported to Area 51 located in the middle of the New Mexican desert. From there, the abnormal was transported to Area 51 located in the middle of the New Mexican desert. Henry Foss is initially confused as to why the abnormal was taken to the middle of the desert. Helen Magnus explained that the Area 51 (military base) seen on Google maps is a decoy aimed at conspiracy theorist. And that they may have just stumbled upon the fabled abnormal testing facility.

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When they arrive, the find a secret underground government facility (currently operated by SCIU) comprised of offices and several laboratories used for various experiments and research projects mostly on abnormals. The current facility director was found to shockingly be Nikola Tesla, who was secretly using the facility for his own private research to create wireless electricity using modified time nodes.

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