Show CHAPTER X7 GREAT SALT LAKE ISLANDS fewer than eleven islands are located in the Great Salt Lake These are in order of area: Antelope Stansbury Fremont Carrington Gunnison Strong’s Knob Hat Dolphin Cub Egg and Yhite Rock Yhile at extremely low water levels No Islands are completely surrounded by water the others have at times been surrounded and all but Strong’s Knob are always referred to as "islands" although they are often in reality merely exonly Fremont Gunnison Egg Cub and Yhite Rock tensions of the mainland—peninsulas Antelope and Fremont are extensions of the Oquirrh and Promontory ranges All the islands follow the general pattern of mountains in the vicinidirecty being relatively narrow extending in a north-sou- th tion and the larger ones extending their rocky slopes several hundred feet into the air’ Four of the islands (Antelope Fremont Carrington and Gunnison) have been the home of sett- lers at times during the past century Antelope Fremont Carrington Stansbury Islands have been used as stock ranges still form very valuable grazing lands Agricultural crops have been cultivated on Antelope and Gunnison Islands although with completely negative results on the latter Guano deposits of considerable extent are found on Past attempts to market this product several islands |