Bonneville Salt Flats

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The Bonneville Salt Flats are a vast, densely packed salt pan in northwestern Utah famous for land speed racing and their stark, otherworldly landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic feature
salt flat
salt pan
tourist attraction
accessRoute Interstate 80
area approximately 120 square kilometers
approximately 30,000 acres
climate arid
country United States of America
elevation about 1,295 meters above sea level
about 4,250 feet above sea level
eventHosted Bonneville Speed Week
World Finals land speed events
World of Speed
formationProcess evaporation of ancient Lake Bonneville
geologicalAge Holocene
governingBody U.S. Bureau of Land Management
hasFacility Bonneville Salt Flats self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bonneville Speedway
hazard seasonal flooding
thin salt crust in wet conditions
knownFor film and photography location
flat, level surface
land speed racing
stark, otherworldly landscape
locatedIn Tooele County, Utah
Utah
locatedInRegion northwestern Utah
managementIssue impacts from potash mining
salt crust thinning
namedAfter Great Salt Lake
surface form: Lake Bonneville
nearbyFeature Bonneville Salt Flats self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bonneville Salt Flats Rest Area

Nevada–Utah state line
nearestCity Wendover, Utah
partOf Great Basin
Great Salt Lake Desert
primaryConstituent sodium chloride
protectedStatus Area of Critical Environmental Concern
surfaceType salt crust
tourismActivity filming location visits
photography
sightseeing
usedFor automobile speed records
commercial filming
motorcycle speed records
recreational driving (seasonally)
rocket car testing
viewedFrom Interstate 80
surface form: Interstate 80 rest areas

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Great Basin contains Bonneville Salt Flats
Bonneville Salt Flats hasFacility Bonneville Salt Flats self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bonneville Speedway
Bonneville Salt Flats nearbyFeature Bonneville Salt Flats self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bonneville Salt Flats Rest Area
Tooele County, Utah contains Bonneville Salt Flats
Tooele County, Utah knownFor Bonneville Salt Flats
Wendover, Utah near Bonneville Salt Flats
World of Speed location Bonneville Salt Flats
Nevada–Utah state line passesNear Bonneville Salt Flats
Bonneville Speed Week location Bonneville Salt Flats
Great Salt Lake Desert adjacentTo Bonneville Salt Flats
Great Salt Lake Desert contains Bonneville Salt Flats
West Wendover near Bonneville Salt Flats
Great Basin Desert contains Bonneville Salt Flats
Studebaker Avanti recordAttemptLocation Bonneville Salt Flats
Lake Bonneville leftFeature Bonneville Salt Flats
this entity surface form: Bonneville shoreline
Lake Bonneville influencedLandforms Bonneville Salt Flats
Bonneville Speedway locatedIn Bonneville Salt Flats
Bonneville Speedway partOf Bonneville Salt Flats
this entity surface form: Bonneville Salt Flats Special Recreation Management Area
Thrust2 testLocation Bonneville Salt Flats
Wendover Airfield nearbyFeature Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah Test and Training Range near Bonneville Salt Flats
Southern California Timing Association operatesAt Bonneville Salt Flats