Name: Boars Tusk

County: Sweetwater

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GNIS Entry

Longitude: 1091150W

Latitude: 415746N

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Elevation: 6808/2075

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Summit

Origin of Name:

Part of the Leucite Hills.

Source: Kemp and Knight

This extraordinary volcanic neck is one of the most striking and interesting of all the exposures in the region. It is in the middle of the valley of Killpecker Creek, 25 miles or so north of Rock Springs. The valley is 5 or 6 miles wide and from its central flat, the pillar of the Boars Tusk arises like a monument. ... On map 3 of the atlas of volume xii of the Hayden Survey, the Boars Tusk is called "The Sentinel." F.M. Endlich in volume xi, page 133, speaks of it as "an isolated needle of basalt known as Rock Point." We adopt the name now current in the region.

Source: Kemp and Knight 

Other Names: The Sentinel, Rock Point

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History:

Game preserve.

Source: WPA

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Boars Tusk

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