Spiral Jetty, Utah


  • Address: Spiral Jetty Rd
  • Vicinity: Shore of the Great Salt Lake
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

Spiral Jetty is a large geoglyph, a land sculpture, by American artist Robert Smithson. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1970/04/00 Bob Phillips of Ogden, Utah, employees two dump trucks, a large tractor, and a front end loader to haul the 6,650 tons of rock and earth into the Great Salt Lake.

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Particulars for Spiral Jetty, Utah:
Area of Significance Art
Geology Basalt
Art Type Colossal Sculpture
Art motif Geoglyph
structure Jetty
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Attribute Outdoor
Mineral Salt
Art Type Sculpture
Building Material Stone
Sight Category Structure
Historic Use Work of Art




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