Utah map

Excerpt: The name " Utah" comes from the Native American Ute tribe 

and means "people of the mountains." Utah peaks, on average, are the

tallest in the country. The average elevation of the tallest peaks in each of

Utah's counties is 11,222 feet, higher than the same average in any other

state.

Thanks to Chris for this map card from his travels :)

Sent 22 Sept 2015   Received: 9 Oct 2015   TravelledL 17 days

Dinosaur national monument

Dinosaur National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry 40°26′29″N 109°18′04″W is located in Utah just to the north of the town of Jensen, Utah.

The nearest communities are Vernal, Utah and Dinosaur, Colorado. This park has fossils of dinosaurs including Allosaurus, Abydosaurus (a nearly complete skull, lower jaws and first four neck vertebrae of the specimen DINO 16488 found here at the base of the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation is the holotype for the description) and various long-neck, long-tail sauropods. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.

YAY! So happy to have been able to make this swap for my Dinosaur collection ^_^

Sent: 20 March 2015   Received: 14 April 2015   Travelled: 25 days