Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Utah

The sand is Coral Pink
Coral Pink
Sand Dunes created by Aztec Sandstone
Sand Dunes
The Dunes are a State Park
State Park
Located in Southern Utah
Utah
Navajo Nandstone from the geologic period call Middle Jurassic
Navajo Nandstone
iron oxides and minerals that give us the spectacular red rock color
Iron Oxides
The dunes are formed from the erosion of pink-colored Sandstone
Pink Hued
Cicindela Albissima is endemic to the dunes, being found nowhere else in the world
Cicindela Albissima
Sandboards and sand sleds can be rented directly at the park
Sandboard It
Established as a Utah State Park in 1963
Established 1963
The Venturi effect is the reduction in fluid pressure that results when a moving fluid speeds up as it flows through a constricted section of a pipe
Venturi Effect
Moquith and Moccasin mountains is where the sand came from
Moquith

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park isn in southwestern Utah, located between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab in Kane County. The park features uniquely pink-hued sand dunes located beside red sandstone cliffs.

The dunes are formed from the erosion of pink-colored Navajo Sandstone surrounding the park. High winds passing through the notch between the Moquith and Moccasin Mountains pick up loose sand particles and then drop them onto the dunes as a result of the Venturi effect. The dunes are estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000 years old.

The Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela albissima) is endemic to the dunes, being found nowhere else in the world.

 

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