Bonneville Salt Flats
Salt pan in northwestern Utah / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, United States. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. It is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the Bonneville Speedway. Access to the Flats is open to the public.
Bonneville Salt Flats | |
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Floor elevation | 1,291 m (4,236 ft) |
Length | 12 mi (19 km) |
Width | 5 mi (8.0 km) |
Area | 40 sq mi (100 km2) [1] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Tooele |
Borders on | Interstate 80 in Utah (south) West Wendover, Nevada (west) |
Coordinates | 40°47′59″N 113°48′00″W |
The Flats are about 12 miles (19 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, with a crust almost 5 ft (1.5m) thick at the center and less than one inch (2.5 cm) towards the edges. It is estimated to hold 147 million tons of salt, approximately 90% of which is common table salt.[2]