Island in the Sky – Plain in San Juan, Utah

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1454623

Location

State Utah

County San Juan

Feature Class Plain

Coordinates

DMS

38°23'50"N 109°53'22"W

Decimal Degrees

38.397206, -109.889567

Elevation

5,925.00 ft (1,805.94 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Upheaval Dome

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Moab

22.0 mi ENE

Hydrography

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Description

Long narrow, antler-shaped plateau area.

History

Name probably originated with National Park Service Planners.

Nearby Features

Willow Seep Spring · 0.2 mi N
Aztec Butte Summit · 0.8 mi E
Willow Flat Flat · 0.9 mi SSE
Mesa Arch Arch · 1.5 mi ESE
Muffin Butte Summit · 1.6 mi SSE
Soda Springs Basin Basin · 2.3 mi SW
Alcove Spring Spring · 2.4 mi NNW
Candlestick Tower Pillar · 2.5 mi WSW
Candlestick Tower Summit · 2.5 mi WSW
Whale Rock Pillar · 2.6 mi NW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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