Upheaval Dome
Upheaval Dome is an enigmatic geological structure in San Juan County, Utah, United States, that has been variously interpreted as a meteorite impact structure or a salt dome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Klarno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Jstuby, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 5,886 feet
- Description: landform in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
- Also known as: “Christmas Canyon Dome”
Upheaval Dome
- Category: landform
- Location: San Juan, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.43696° or 38° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
-109.929° or 109° 55′ 44″ westElevation
5,886 feet (1,794 metres)Open location code
85CGC3PC+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 356674654OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Polish—“Upheaval Dome” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Upheaval Dome”
- Chinese: “隆起圓丘隕石坑”
- French: “Dôme d’Upheaval”
- German: “Upheaval Dome”
- Hebrew: “כיפת התהפוכה”
- Japanese: “アップヒーヴァル・ドーム”
- Japanese: “アップヒーバル・ドーム”
- Polish: “Upheaval Dome”
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