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Stansbury Island

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Stokes, W.L., Geologic Setting of Great Salt Lake, in Great Salt Lake: A Scientific, Historical and Economic Overview, Gwynn, J.W., editor,1980, Utah Dept. of Natural Resources Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 116, pp.
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Stansbury Island is longitudinally aligned and is approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) long, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) wide, and 22,314 acres (90.30 km) in area. The island is a
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and two caves large enough to explore are also located on the island. Its peak is Castle Rock, at 6647 feet above sea level.
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cacti grow in abundance on the island, which forms the northern limit of their natural range. Unusually large
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seeps along the eastern side. The western side lacks water. The island is uninhabited and is used as a
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Roylance, W.J., Utah: A Guide to the State, 1982, Salt Lake City: Zion Book Store,
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are present at the north tip and along a portion of the northeast shore. The
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trees were noted by Howard Stansbury in his 1850 survey of the island.
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in age. The remaining northern third of the island dates back to the
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connects it to the mainland. Stansbury Island was named after
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The southern half of the island was folded into a southward
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Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake
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strata, mostly limestone, dolomite, quartzite, and shale.
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Erda, Utah
Howard Stansbury
Great Salt Lake
40°49′47″N 112°29′52″W / 40.82972°N 112.49778°W / 40.82972; -112.49778
Utah
island
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Tooele County
dirt
causeway
Howard Stansbury
biking trail
Petroglyphs
Camping
desert
water
winter
sheep
precipitation
Paleozoic
Precambrian
strata
quartzite
Devonian
Cambrian Period
limestone
shale
dolomite

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