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  1. Lake Bonneville
    Lake BonnevilleFormer lake in western Utah
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  2. LocationUtah, Idaho and Nevada
    Surface area~20,000 sq mi (51,000 km²) (at max. lake level)
    Max. depthover 980 ft (300 m)
    Geologic description

    Shorelines of Lake Bonneville are visible above Salt Lake City along the western front of the Wasatch Mountains and on other mountains throughout the Bonneville basin. These shorelines appear as shelves or benches th… See more

    Causes of lake expansion and contraction

    Lake Bonneville was not a proglacial lake although it formed between about 30,000 and 13,000 years ago, when glaciers at many places on Earth were expanded relative to today during the last major glaciation. … See more

    The name "Bonneville" and its discovery

    Lake Bonneville was named by the geologist G.K. Gilbert after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army who was also a fur trapper and explorer in … See more

    Geologic history

    Lake Bonneville began to rise from elevations similar to those of modern Great Salt Lake about 30,000 years ago. During its early transgressive phase the lake fluctuated within a few 10s of meters of the level of mo… See more

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