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Bonneville Salt Flats

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Bonneville Salt Flats (bŏn`əvĭl, bŏ`nēvĭl, bŏn`vĭl), desert area in Tooele co., NW Utah, c.14 mi (22.5 km) long and 7 mi (11.2 km) wide. The smooth salt surface of the Flats is ideal for auto racing, and several world land speed records have been set there. The Flats are part of Great Salt Lake Desert, NW Utah, the former bed of

Lake Bonneville, whose area once covered c.19,500 sq mi (50,500 sq km). The lake expanded during the late Cenozoic era, then shrank rapidly at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. Six terraces indicate different lake levels. Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake, shallow body of saltwater, NW Utah, between the Wasatch Range on the east and the Great Salt Lake Desert on the west; largest salt lake in North America.
..... Click the link for more information. , Lake Sevier, and Utah Lake Utah Lake, c.145 sq mi (380 sq km), N central Utah; largest freshwater lake in the state. It drains through the Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake. Utah Lake is what remains of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville.
..... Click the link for more information.  are remnants of Lake Bonneville, which was named for U.S. explorer Benjamin de Bonneville.
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He said: "The world land speed record for an unfaired motorcycle is 252mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Viper's built for speed by Birmingham Mail (England)
JAGUAR have developed their fastest-ever car after carrying out secret speed trials at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA.
Jaguar sets new record by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Bonneville Salt Flats have been used as a speed testing ground since 1896 and became famous in 1935 when British motorsport legend Malcolm Campbell broke the world land speed record at the site.
Motorcyclist dies in Utah speed record attempt by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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