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Desolation Canyon
Chimney Rock on the Green River. 1871.
USGS Earth Science Photographic Archive digital files: hjk00517 and hjk0517a

Chimney Rock is an outcrop of Wasatch Formation sandstone located in Desolation Canyon about 58 miles downstream of Ouray. It was named by the crew of the Second Expedition in 1871.
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