Stansbury Mountains
Mountain range in Tooele County, Utah, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Stansbury Mountains are a 28-mile (45 km) long[1] mountain range located in eastern Tooele County, Utah.[2] It is named for U.S. Army Major Howard Stansbury, a topographical engineer, who led an expedition that surveyed the region.
Stansbury Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Deseret Peak |
Elevation | 11,035 ft (3,363 m) |
Coordinates | 40°27′34.25″N 112°37′34.76″W |
Dimensions | |
Length | 28 mi (45 km) N-S |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
Regions | Great Basin Desert and Great Salt Lake Desert |
County | Tooele |
Communities | Timpie, Flux, Burmester, Grantsville, Iosepa, Rush Valley, Saint John, Clover and Terra |
Range coordinates | 40°31′02″N 112°38′01″W |
Borders on | Skull Valley, Cedar Mountains, Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Island, Tooele Valley, Rush Valley, Onaqui Mountains and Great Salt Lake Desert |
The range trends north–south, reaching from the southwest of the Great Salt Lake at Stansbury Bay into the region of the southeast Great Salt Lake Desert. Its southwest perimeter is adjacent to Dugway (and the Dugway Proving Ground), and along its western base lies Skull Valley, which trends north from Dugway. The south of the range contains the Deseret Peak Wilderness, with much of the range as part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.