Star Wars: A New Hope filmed at Death Valley, Furnace Creek. The first film also took its desert shots in this Californian valley, closer to the director's home.
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
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