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Skull Valley is a long''Utah Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 6th ed., 2014, pp. 15, 16, 23 & 24
Skull Valley trends north-south but narrows slightly northeast towards Stansbury Bay; the Lakeside Mountains at Delle, and the northwest Stansbury Mountains at Timpie from the narrowing of the valley; Skull Valley and sections of the mountain ranges form the Great Salt Lake's southwest border.
Skull Valley narrows southeastwards at the springs, as described. Bordering southwest here, is a southeast trending 16 mi long ridgeline from the west perimeter Cedar Mountains, which separates the
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
located in east Tooele County, Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, United States at the southwest of the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, partic ...
. The valley trends north–south, but turns slightly northeast to meet Stansbury Bay, (adjacent Stansbury Island
Stansbury Island is the second largest island within the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah. Located in Tooele County, it is considered an island even though a dirt causeway connects it to the mainland. Stansbury Island was named after Ho ...
).
Skull Valley's south and southwest borders the southeast Great Salt Lake Desert
The Great Salt Lake Desert (colloquially referred to as the West Desert) is a large dry lake in northern Utah, United States, between the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the ei ...
at Dugway and at a ridgeline southeast from the Cedar Mountains.
The Skull Valley Indian Reservation
The Skull Valley Indian Reservation (Gosiute dialect: Wepayuttax) is located in Tooele County, Utah, United States, approximately southwest of Salt Lake City. It is inhabited by the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah, a federally rec ...
is located in the valley's south at the southwest foothills of the Stansbury Mountains
The Stansbury Mountains are a long mountain range located in eastern Tooele County, Utah. It is named for U.S. Army Major Howard Stansbury, a topographical engineer, who led an expedition that surveyed the region.
The range trends north–so ...
; adjacent southeast, the valley narrows between the Stansbury Mountains and the Cedar Mountains at the west, a region of creeks from the Stansburys and valley springs, Willow Patch Springs and Scribner Spring. Creeks and springs from the northwest Onaqui Mountains
The Onaqui Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Tooele County, Utah United States.
Description
The range is part of a continuous range with the Stansbury Mountains and Sheeprock Mountains. The highest point is Stookey Benchmark, whi ...
also feed the southeast valley region.
Description
Skull Valley trends north-south but narrows slightly northeast towards Stansbury Bay; the Lakeside Mountains at Delle, and the northwest Stansbury Mountains at Timpie from the narrowing of the valley; Skull Valley and sections of the mountain ranges form the Great Salt Lake's southwest border.
Skull Valley narrows southeastwards at the springs, as described. Bordering southwest here, is a southeast trending 16 mi long ridgeline from the west perimeter Cedar Mountains, which separates the Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a United States Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and south of the Utah Test and Training Range.
Location
Dugway Provin ...
s and the Great Salt Lake Desert region from the southwest Skull Valley.
The valley's center is adjacent west of Iosepa. A dissected region of sinks and flood land from neighboring washes and creeks form this valley center; this dissected flood land area is about four miles wide at its widest southwest of Iosepa, and extends seven miles northwards towards the beginning of areas of salt flats, associated with the Great Salt Lake.
See also
*List of valleys of Utah
This is a list of valleys of Utah. Valleys are ordered alphabetically by county and then for the entire state.
Beaver County, Utah, Beaver County
* Beaver Valley (Utah)
* Hamlin Valley
* Milford Valley
* Pine Valley (Beaver, Millard, Iron coun ...
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References
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Landforms of Tooele County, Utah Valleys of Utah Valleys of the Great Basin {{Utah-geo-stub