Book Cliffs
The Book Cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western Colorado and eastern Utah in the Western United States. They are so named because the sandstone layers that make up the Cretaceous-aged cliffs capping many of the south-facing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books.
- Mountain rising to 5,220 feet (1,591 metres)
- Description: mountain range in Utah and Colorado in the United States
- Also known as“Azure Cliffs”“Book Mountains”“Little Book Cliffs”
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Latitude
39.16664° or 39° 9′ 60″ north
Longitude
-110.29237° or 110° 17′ 33″ west
Open location code
85FF5P85+M3
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Book Cliffs” goes by many names.
Book CliffsCebuano
Book CliffsDutch
كتاب المنحدراتEgyptian Arabic
צוקי בוקHebrew
Book CliffsLadin
Book CliffsVenetian
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