The Wasatch Plateau is a

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ...

located southeast of the southernmost part of the

Wasatch Range The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Gr ...

in central

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

. It is a part of the Colorado Plateau.

Geography

The plateau has an elevation of and includes an area of . Its highest point is South Tent Mountain, with an elevation of . The plateau is roughly bordered by the Spanish Fork Canyon to the north, the Price Canyon to the northeast, the Castle Valley to the east and southeast, Interstate 70 to the south, the Plateau Valley and the Sevier Plateau to the southwest, and the Sanpete Valley to the northwest. The majority of the plateau is within the boundaries of the Manti–La Sal National Forest and is managed by the

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Plateaus of Utah Landforms of Carbon County, Utah Landforms of Sanpete County, Utah Landforms of Utah County, Utah Manti-La Sal National Forest {{Utah-geologic-formation-stub

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