Title: Zabriskie Point - Wikipedia
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Zabriskie Point
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Content: Zabriskie Point - Wikipedia
Zabriskie Point
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This article is about a place in the United States. For other uses, see Zabriskie Point (disambiguation). Coordinates: 36°25′12″N 116°48′40″W
﻿ / ﻿ 36.42000°N 116.81111°W ﻿ / 36.42000; -116.81111
Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence. Panoramic view from Zabriskie Point
Another panoramic view from Zabriskie Point, at sunrise
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1 Name
2 History
3 In popular culture
4 References
Name
Portrait of Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, on an interpretive sign at the Zabriskie Point site in Death Valley National Park
The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley. History
Millions of years prior to the actual sinking and widening of Death Valley and the existence of Lake Manly (see Geology of the Death Valley area ), another lake covered a large portion of Death Valley including the area around Zabriskie Point. This ancient lake began forming approximately nine million years ago.