Bristol Dry Lake
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Bristol Lake is a dry lake
in the Mojave Desert
of San Bernardino County, California
, 42 km (26.1 mi) northeast of Twentynine Palms.
Bristol Lake is located directly south of Amboy, California
and U.S. Route 66
, and is north of Cadiz, California
. Amboy Crater
and the Bullion Mountains
are to the west, and Old Woman Mountains
to the east.
The lake is approximately 23 km (14.3 mi) long and 20 km (12.4 mi) at its widest point.
A salt
evaporator operation is situated on the dry lake bed just east of Amboy Road.
Dry lake
Dry lakes are ephemeral lakebeds, or a remnant of an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Dry lakes are also referred to as alkali flats, sabkhas, playas or mud flats...
in the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
of San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...
, 42 km (26.1 mi) northeast of Twentynine Palms.
Bristol Lake is located directly south of Amboy, California
Amboy, California
Amboy is an unincorporated town in San Bernardino County, in California's Mojave Desert, west of Needles and east of Ludlow on historic Route 66. It is roughly 60 miles northeast of Twentynine Palms.-Geography:...
and U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 in California
In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 66 is a former U.S. highway. All the portions were deleted by 1964 during the 1964 renumbering.-History:U.S...
, and is north of Cadiz, California
Cadiz, California
Cadiz is a small unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. It is located just south of the Marble Mountains near the National Trails Highway. Cadiz is home to a former railroad stop, and is situated at 34° 31' 12" North latitude and 115° 30' 43" West...
. Amboy Crater
Amboy Crater
Amboy Crater and Lava Field is an extinct North American cinder cone type of volcano that rises above a lava field in southern California. They are located in the Mojave Desert equidistant and about between Barstow to the west and Needles to the east, and southwest of historic U.S. Route 66, in...
and the Bullion Mountains
Bullion Mountains
The Bullion Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of California southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms....
are to the west, and Old Woman Mountains
Old Woman Mountains
The Old Woman Mountains are located south of the town of Essex, California, and north of Danby Dry Lake. The range reaches an elevation of at the northeastern end , and lies in San Bernardino County in the Mojave Desert.-Geography:...
to the east.
The lake is approximately 23 km (14.3 mi) long and 20 km (12.4 mi) at its widest point.
A salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
evaporator operation is situated on the dry lake bed just east of Amboy Road.