Lake

Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is saltier than the oceans, and it is a terminal lake — water flows in but never out to the sea.

Source: usgs.gov

USGS calls it unique among lakes in the Western Hemisphere for its combination of size and salt content.

Source: usgs.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Great Salt Lake label sits at 41.2° N, 112.5° W, in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

Also labelled Great Salt.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Yellowstone Lake — about 390 km north-east
• Death Valley — about 670 km south-west
• Cascade Range — about 1,000 km north-west
• Mississippi — about 1,900 km east

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