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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, located between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, south and west of U.S. Highway 89 in southwestern Utah. The park features coral-hued sand dunes located beside red sandstone cliffs. The Dunes are formed from the erosion of pink-colored Navajo Sandstone surrounding the park. High winds passing through the notch between the Moquith and Moccasin Mountains pick up loose sand particles and then drop them onto the dunes because of the Venturi effect. The dunes are estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000 years old.〔 The park allows camping, hiking, off-road vehicle driving, and photography. There is a conservation area of , and the total grounds include . It was established as a Utah state park in 1963. The Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (''Cicindela albissima'') is an insect species that is endemic to the dunes, being found nowhere else in the world. This state park contains most of the remaining individuals of a rare plant, Welsh's milkweed (''Asclepias welshii''), a federally listed threatened species.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 ''Asclepias welshii'' )〕 Image:CoralPinkSandDunesSand.JPG|Sand from the dunes: grains of quartz with a hematite coating providing the orange color. Image:Coral pink sand dunes state park.jpg|Part of the field of sand dunes. File:Cicindela albissima.jpg|Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (''Cicindela albissima'') ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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