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.
Aliases (2)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
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salt flat → salt pan → tourist attraction → |
| accessRoute |
Interstate 80
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| area |
approximately 120 square kilometers
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approximately 30,000 acres → |
| climate |
arid
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| country |
United States of America
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| elevation |
about 1,295 meters above sea level
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about 4,250 feet above sea level → |
| eventHosted |
Bonneville Speed Week
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World Finals land speed events → World of Speed → |
| formationProcess |
evaporation of ancient Lake Bonneville
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| geologicalAge |
Holocene
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| governingBody |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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| hasFacility |
Bonneville Speedway
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| hazard |
seasonal flooding
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thin salt crust in wet conditions → |
| knownFor |
film and photography location
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flat, level surface → land speed racing → stark, otherworldly landscape → |
| locatedIn |
Tooele County, Utah
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Utah → |
| locatedInRegion |
northwestern Utah
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| managementIssue |
impacts from potash mining
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salt crust thinning → |
| namedAfter |
Lake Bonneville
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| nearbyFeature |
Bonneville Salt Flats Rest Area
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Nevada–Utah state line → |
| nearestCity |
Wendover, Utah
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| partOf |
Great Basin
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Great Salt Lake Desert → |
| primaryConstituent |
sodium chloride
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| protectedStatus |
Area of Critical Environmental Concern
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| surfaceType |
salt crust
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| tourismActivity |
filming location visits
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photography → sightseeing → |
| usedFor |
automobile speed records
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commercial filming → motorcycle speed records → recreational driving (seasonally) → rocket car testing → |
| viewedFrom |
Interstate 80 rest areas
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Great Basin
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Tooele County, Utah → |
contains |
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Bonneville Speed Week
→
World of Speed → |
location |
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Bonneville Salt Flats
("Bonneville Speedway")
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hasFacility |
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Tooele County, Utah
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knownFor |
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Wendover, Utah
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near |
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Bonneville Salt Flats
("Bonneville Salt Flats Rest Area")
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nearbyFeature |
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Nevada–Utah state line
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passesNear |