<b>Cedar Breaks National Monument</b>, Iron County, Utah.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Cedar Breaks National Monument, Iron County, Utah.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S.
	Piute Indian word meaning 'Circle of painted (or red) Cliffs'.(UT-T60). The name Cedar Breaks may have derived from the Mormon descriptive phrase 'The breaks back of Cedar City'. Elevation: 8583ft, 2616m. Literature Referring To This Location: Hatfield, Stanley C., Peter D. Rowley, Edward G. Sable, David J. maxwell, Bryant V. Cox, Matthew D. McKell, and David E. Kiel. 2003. Geology of Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. pp. 139-154 in Sprinkel, Douglas A., Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., and Paul B. Andersen, eds., 2003. Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments, 2nd Edition. Utah Geological Association Publication 28. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Geological Association and Bryce Canyon Natural History Association, 2003.
	No collections made at this location.
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