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[[File:Boulder Mountain West.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Boulder Mountain (Utah)|Boulder Mountain]] ({{convert|11328|ft|m|sigfig=5}}) on the Aquarius Plateau.]]
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The '''Aquarius Plateau''' is a [[United States physiographic region|physiographic region]] in the High Plateaus Section of the [[Colorado Plateau Province]]. It is located within [[Garfield County, Utah|Garfield]] and [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne]] counties in south-central [[Utah]].

==Geography==
The [[plateau]], a [[tectonic uplift]] on the much larger [[Colorado Plateau]] landform, is the highest in Utah.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flint |first1=Richard Foster |last2=Denny |first2=Charles Storrow |title=Quaternary geology of Boulder Mountain, Aquarius Plateau, Utah |journal=U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin |date=1958 |volume=1061-d |page=104 |doi=10.3133/b1061D|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morris |first1=Jesse L. |last2=Brunelle |first2=Andrea |last3=Munson |first3=A. Steven |last4=Spencer |first4=Jessica |last5=Power |first5=Mitchell J. |title=Holocene vegetation and fire reconstructions from the Aquarius Plateau, Utah, USA |journal=Quaternary International |date=October 2013 |volume=310 |pages=111–123 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2012.10.055|bibcode=2013QuInt.310..111M }}</ref>  It is over 900 square miles (2330&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of mostly forested highland, much of which is part of [[Dixie National Forest]].

It has over 50,000 acres (200&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of rolling hilly terrain above 11,000 feet (3350 m). The plateau includes [[Boulder Mountain (Utah)|Boulder Mountain]] which peaks at {{convert|11328|ft|m|sigfig=5}} at Bluebell Knoll.

===Parks===
Parks and protected areas on the Aquarius Plateau or its perimeter include [[Bryce Canyon National Park]], [[Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument]], [[Capitol Reef National Park]], and [[Dixie National Forest]].

==Section diagram==
{{wide image|Grand Staircase-big.jpg|1200px|The [[Grand Staircase]], with Aquarius Plateau on its northern edge}}

==See also==
*[[Markagunt Plateau]]
*[[Cedar Breaks National Monument]]
*[[United States physiographic region]]

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==References==
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== External links ==
{{Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument}}

[[Category:Plateaus of Utah]]
[[Category:Colorado Plateau]]
[[Category:Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument]]
[[Category:Landforms of Garfield County, Utah]]
[[Category:Landforms of Wayne County, Utah]]

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