The Ferguson Desert is a small valley in the

Hamlin Hamlin may refer to: Places * Hamlin, Iowa, a city * Hamlin, Kansas, a city * Hamlin, Kentucky, a town * Hamlin, Maine, a town * Hamlin, Michigan, a former community * Hamlin, New York, a town ** Hamlin (CDP), New York, a census-designated pl ...

-Snake Watershed of west-central

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

, southeast of the Snake Valley to the northwest, and is bound by the

Burbank Hills The Burbank Hills are a small northwest-southeast mountain range in western Utah, United States that lie entirely within the Hamlin-Snake Watershed, between the Snake Range and the Ferguson Desert. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the north, wes ...

to the west, the Tunnel Springs Mountains, Pine Valley, and

Wah Wah Valley Wah Wah Valley is an endorheic (internal drainage) valley within the Basin and Range of west-central Utah, United States. Description The valley is bound by the Wah Wah Mountains to the west and south and the San Francisco Mountains to the east. ...

to the south, and the

House Range The House Range is a north-south trending mountain range in Millard County, of west-central Utah. The House Range was named in 1859 by James H. Simpson. It was named by Simpson because "...of its well-defined stratification and the resemblance ...

to the north and east;

Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the ...

from the southwest is the southeast border of the Burbank Hills. It is named after James (Jim) Ferguson of

Ibapah, Utah Ibapah ( ) is a small unincorporated area, unincorporated community in far western Tooele County, Utah, Tooele County, Utah, United States, near the Nevada state line. Description The settlement is located near the Deep Creek Mountains. The si ...

.Van Cott, J. W., 1990, Utah Place Names, He established a large ranch in the area. The term

desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...

comes from the large hardpan ( salt flat) that covers the area.

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