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 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 Lake Bonneville
nearbyFeature 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 rest areas


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